Mads Glæsner

Mads Glæsner (born 18 October 1988,[1] Tårnby) is a Danish swimmer.[2] He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle disciplines. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.

Mads Glæsner
Personal information
Full nameMads Glæsner
Nationality Denmark
Born (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
ClubVallensbæk-VAT

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay.[2]

In June 2013, Glæsner was stripped of a gold and bronze medal from the 2012 World Short Course Championships after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.[3]

However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-metre freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-metre free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-metre freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal.[4]

Since then, he has competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m freestyle.[5]

References
  1. "ol.dk profile". Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  2. "Mads Glæsner Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. "FINA Doping Panel Decision: Mr. Mads Glaesner (DEN)". FINA. 2013-06-17. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  4. Keith, Braden (February 4, 2014). "Mads Glaesner Appeal Upheld, He Will Retain World Championship Gold". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  5. "Rio 2016 - Men's 400m Freestyle". www.Rio2016.com. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-23.


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