List of Danish sportspeople

This is a list of people from Denmark notable for their involvement in sports or athletics.

Badminton

 * Morten Frost, men's single, All England master 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987
 * Peter Gade, men's single, All England master 1999
 * Lene Køppen, women's single, World champion 1977, All England master 1979
 * Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, men's single, 1996 Olympic gold
 * Camilla Martin, women's single, World champion 1999, All England master 2002
 * Svend Pri, men's single, All England master 1975
 * Alfa Tofft (1911–2004), pioneering female player, founder of Aarhus Badmintonklub

Basketball

 * Chanan Colman (born 1984), Danish-Israeli professional basketball player for the Copenhagen Wolfpack of the Danish Basketligaen
 * Darko Jukić (born 1990), professional basketball player
 * Noam Yaacov (born 2004), Israeli–Danish player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Bicycle racing

 * Kim Andersen, road bicycle racing
 * Thorvald Ellegaard, track cycling, six-fold world professional champion in sprint
 * Niels Fredborg, track cycling, Olympic gold medalist 1972
 * Lasse Norman Hansen, track cycling, Olympic gold medalist 2012
 * Michael Rasmussen, road bicycle racing, King of the Mountains in the 2005 and 2006 Tour de France
 * Bjarne Riis, road bicycle racing, Tour de France winner 1996
 * Ole Ritter, road bicycle racing, two silver medals at the world championship
 * Jesper Skibby, road bicycle racing
 * Rolf Sørensen, road bicycle racing, Olympic silver medalist 1996
 * Jakob Fuglsang
 * Michael Valgren
 * Jonas Vingegaard, road bicycle racing, Tour de France winner 2022

Boxing

 * Mikkel Kessler, boxer
 * Brian Nielsen, boxer

Cricket

 * Christo Botma

Fencing

 * Ivan Osiier, épée, foil, and sabre fencer, Olympic silver (épée), 25-time Danish champion
 * Ellen Osiier (1890–1962), Olympic fencing foil champion

Football

 * Daniel Agger, defender, Brøndby IF 2004–2006, 2014–present; Liverpool F.C. 2006–2014
 * Mads Hamberg Andersen
 * Preben Arentoft, Greenock Morton, Newcastle United F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C.
 * Martin Arlofelt, defender
 * Frank Arnesen
 * Lars Bastrup
 * Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal F.C. 2006–2014; VfL Wolfsburg, 2014-present
 * Kresten Bjerre
 * Per Bjerregaard
 * Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Olympic silver medalist and mathematician; brother of Niels Bohr
 * Tonny Brogaard, goalkeeper
 * Charles Buchwald, Olympic two-time silver medalist
 * Henrik Bundgaard, goalkeeper
 * Frederik Christensen
 * Nick Christensen, forward
 * Tochi Chukwuani
 * Sebastian Denius
 * Preben Elkjær
 * Christian Eriksen
 * Martin Fisch
 * Dalibor Gotovac, defender
 * Thomas Gravesen
 * Jacob Gregersen
 * Jesper Grønkjær
 * Morten Hamm
 * John Hansen (born 1924)
 * Johnny Hansen (born 1943)
 * Karl Aage Hansen
 * Ronni Hansen, midfielder
 * Thomas Helveg
 * Casper Hyltoft
 * Henning Jensen
 * John Jensen
 * Martin Jørgensen
 * Pauli Jørgensen
 * Gökcan Kaya
 * Simon Kjær
 * Kasper Køhlert
 * Nicolaj Køhlert
 * Brian Laudrup, forward, Rangers F.C. 1994–1998; Euro 92
 * Finn Laudrup
 * Michael Laudrup, Juventus FC 1985–1989; FC Barcelona 1989–1994
 * Martin Laursen
 * Søren Lerby
 * Marianne Løvendorf, defender
 * Knud Lundberg
 * Ole Madsen
 * Nils Middelboe
 * Kim Milton Nielsen referee
 * Klaus Moesgaard
 * Jan Mølby, player and manager
 * Richard Møller Nielsen
 * Allan Nielsen
 * Harald Nielsen
 * Casper Olesen
 * Jesper Olsen
 * Lars Olsen
 * Morten Olsen, player and coach
 * Flemming Østergaard
 * Gitte Pedersen
 * Christian Poulsen
 * Roald Poulsen
 * Flemming Povlsen
 * Carl Aage Præst
 * Erik Rasmussen
 * Thomas Rohde
 * Dennis Rommedahl
 * Per Røntved
 * Ebbe Sand
 * Kasper Schmeichel
 * Peter Schmeichel, goalkeeper, Manchester United 1991–1999; Euro 92, CL98/99
 * Rang Shawkat, defender
 * Allan Simonsen, 1977 European Footballer of the Year
 * Emilio Simonsen
 * Ebbe Skovdahl, manager, most notable for popularity at Aberdeen football club
 * Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
 * Thomas Sørensen, goalkeeper, Stoke City
 * Jon Dahl Tomasson, forward, A.C. Milan 2003–2005, VfB Stuttgart 2005–, UEFA Cup 2002
 * Stig Tøfting
 * Simon Trier
 * Kim Vilfort
 * Michael Zacho

Handball

 * Lars Agersted, right winger
 * Anja Andersen, handball player; 1996 Olympic gold
 * Anders Christensen, right winger
 * Morten Stig Christensen, handball player turned TV host
 * Mikael Fruelund, right back
 * Kristian Gjessing, left back
 * Simon Hammer, left winger
 * Michael Sahl Hansen, playmaker and line player
 * Mikkel Hansen, left back
 * Anne Hykkelbjerg, line player
 * Claus Kjeldgaard, centre back
 * Simon Krogh, playmaker
 * Sascha Juul, left winger
 * Pelle Larsen, line player
 * Nikoline Nielsen, left back
 * Stefan Nielsen, left winger
 * Jesper Storm, line player

Ice hockey

 * Frederik Andersen, first Danish-born goalie to play in the NHL
 * Mikkel Bødker, highest drafted (8th overall) Danish-born player
 * Lars Eller, ice hockey player
 * Jannik Hansen, first Danish citizen to play and register a goal in an NHL playoff game
 * Philip Larsen, first Danish-born defenseman to play in the NHL
 * Frans Nielsen, first Danish citizen to play in the NHL
 * Poul Popiel, first Danish-born to play in the NHL
 * Peter Regin, ice hockey player

Automobile racing

 * Michael Christensen, Porscheworks driver
 * Casper Elgaard, 24 Hours of Le Mans driver
 * Nicolas Kiesa, Formula One driver
 * Tom Kristensen, only driver to win 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013)
 * Jan Magnussen, Formula One driver
 * Kevin Magnussen, Formula One driver

Motorcycle speedway

 * Hans Andersen
 * Kenneth Bjerre
 * Erik Gundersen, three-time Speedway World Champion (1984, 1985, 1988)
 * Hans Nielsen, four-time World Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1995); won the inaugural Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995
 * Ole Olsen, three-time World Champion (1971, 1975, 1978); first Dane to win the Speedway World Championship
 * Bjarne Pedersen
 * Jan O. Pedersen, 1991 Speedway World Champion
 * Nicki Pedersen, two-time World Champion (2007, 2008)
 * Jonas Raun

Rowing and sailing

 * Jesper Bank, sailing 1992, 2000 Summer Olympics gold
 * Eskild Ebbesen, gold medalist in rowing
 * Paul Elvstrøm, sailing, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympic gold

Tennis

 * Kenneth Carlsen, No. 43 in men's singles in 1993
 * Frederik Løchte Nielsen, winner of Wimbledon 2012 Gentlemen's Doubles
 * Caroline Wozniacki, No. 1 in women's singles in 2010

Wrestling

 * Leo Cortsen, Greco-Roman wrestler, appeared at the 1952 Summer Olympics
 * Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Greco-Roman wrestler, silver medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics
 * Carl Nelson, Greco-Roman wrestler, European welterweight champion

Other

 * Morten Andersen, American football, 2nd most points and field goals ever in the NFL
 * Peter Eastgate, World Series of Poker main event champion
 * Rune Glifberg, professional skateboarder
 * Helle Gotved (1912–2006), developed a new approach to gymnastics
 * Gus Hansen, high-stakes poker player
 * Niels Holst-Sørensen, European champion athlete and commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force
 * Martin Kampmann, mixed martial artist
 * Oliver Venndt Kaszas, beach volleyball player
 * Bent Larsen, 1956 International Grandmaster in chess
 * Ole Laursen, kickboxer
 * Gunnar Nielsen, runner; former world record holder over 1500 metres
 * Nicholas Pettas, kickboxer
 * Mikael Lai Rasmussen, rugby union player
 * Pernille Svarre, pentathlonist
 * Helle Trevino, IFBB professional bodybuilder