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}}Thor Nielsen (born July 11, 1959) is a Danish sprint and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 10000 m: 1993, K-2 1000 m: 1994), two silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1993, K-2 10000 m: 1987), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1985). Nielsen also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth twice (K-2 500 m: 1992, K-2 1000 m: 1996). Nielsen is currently working as the national coach of Denmark References- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5e02gQdss?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-01-21 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date2=January 5, 2010 |title2=Wayback Machine }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/thor-nielsen-1.html}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 10000 m Men}}{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 1000 m Men}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Thor}}{{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub}} 8 : 1959 births|Living people|Danish male canoeists|Olympic canoeists of Denmark|Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak|Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships |