Poul Richard Høj Jensen

Poul Richard Høj Jensen "PRHJ" (born 2 June 1944) is a Danish sailor, boatbuilder, sailmaker and Olympic champion. Høj Jensen lives with his wife Sophia alternating in Burnham-on-Crouch and Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda.

Personal life Married with two children, two step children; seven grand children to date. Trained in mechanical engineering.

Professional career After completing National Service in the Danish Navy, Høj Jensen worked for Paul Elvstrøm and Hans Fogh in the sail, mast and boatbuilding business. Left the company 15 years later to set up sail making business with Hans Fogh and subsequently started his own Company "Høj Jensen Design" which became the North Sails Scandinavia franchise. In 1989 the sailmaking business merged with Petticrows in Burnham-on-Crouch, UK, and he concentrated on building One Design Boats; Dragons mainly. As Høj Jensen was involved in the nautical business, he was for many years formally (rules of International Olympic Committee & World Sailing) considered a professional sailor. However he was he never paid to sail, he also worked during his four Olympic Campaigns with little or no sponsorship. Høj Jensen considers himself to be a gifted amateur.

Olympics Høj Jensen participated in four consecutive Olympics from 1968. Together with Erik Hansen and Valdemar Bandolowski he won a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Palmarès The Palmarès of Høj Jensen is extensive. Therefore, the following criteria are used (with the exception of the Olympics where all results are listed): International championships with 45 boats or more National (country) championships as sanctioned by National Authorities. World, European Championships and Gold Cups as sanctioned by World Sailing. Only first places are noted, except for World, European and Championships where some 2nd and 3rd places are included.

Honours Knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2001. German Dragon Class, Gold Dragon presented by Queen Silvia of Sweden 15 July 2009. KDY 1976 Sportsman of the year Scandinavia RYS Yachtsman of the year 2009. Honorable Member Danish Dragon Club. Olympic Games 7th, 1968 Olympics, Acapulco, – FD (Where he replaced Hans Fogh in race 7). With Niels Jensen.