Sports
Odense is the home of a number of football clubs. The most important are OB, FC Fyn, B1909, and B1913.
In tennis, Tennis Club Odense located near Odense River is the most successful in Denmark, having won numerous gold medals at the Danish Championships throughout the years.
The H.C. Andersen Marathon and Eventyrløbet is held annually in Odense.
RC Odense represents the city at rugby in combination with Lindø RSC.
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“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
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While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
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—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)