Background

Secher, Niels Henry was born on June 24, 1946 in Fredericksberg, Denmark. Son of Ole Vilhelm S. and Lili Suel (Kiersgaard) Secher.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1975. Doctor, University Copenhagen, 1984.

Career

In the single sculls, he finished eights at the 1968 Summer Olympics. After retiring from competitions Secher focused on medical research, becoming professor and head of the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). His research is focused on brain blood flow and oxygenation.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Physiology of Rowing, 1984. Editor: The Physiology of Sports, Exercise and the Circulation in Health and Disease, 1999.

Membership

Board directors REE LEGAT, since 1985. Member Nordic Anesthesiology Society, Scandinavian Society Physiology, American Physiological Society.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Rowing.

Connections

Married Lisbeth Gudrun, January 3, 1991. Children: Anne Camilla, Anne Katherine, Erik, Frederik, Christian.

father:

Ole Vilhelm S. Secher

mother:

Lili Suel (Kiersgaard) Secher

spouse:

Lisbeth Gudrun

child:

Christian Secher

child:

Anne Camilla Secher

child:

Erik Secher

child:

Anne Katherine Secher

child:

Frederik Secher