Edgar Aabye
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Full name | Edgar Lindenau Aabye | |||||||||||
Nationality | Denmark | |||||||||||
Born | Helsingør, Denmark | September 14, 1865|||||||||||
Died | April 30, 1941 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 75)|||||||||||
Occupation | Journalist | |||||||||||
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Updated on 17 March 2016 |
Edgar Lindenau Aabye (September 14, 1865 – April 30, 1941) was a Danish athlete who earned a gold medal in the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Initially, Aabye was not a member of the tug-of-war team but was working at the Paris Olympics as a journalist for the Politiken newspaper.[1] When a member of the combined Dano-Swedish tug of war team was injured, the team asked Aabye to fill in as a last-minute substitute.[2] Aabye was an accomplished athlete who had previously won a Danish championship in swimming (1896) and been a competitor in rowing and cycling.[3] Aabye joined the team which then competed in the only tug-of-war contest, defeating the French team for the gold medal.
References
- ^ De Los Reyes, Marco (25 October 2012). "Top 100: De største danskere ved OL" (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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External links
- Edgar Aabye at Olympics Database