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Axel Schandorff

1925 - 2016

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Axel Schandorff (3 March 1925 – 28 January 2016) was a Danish track cyclist. He was born in Copenhagen. He competed for Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual sprint event where he finished in the bronze medal position. His daughter, Silja Schandorff is a ballet dancer, who was at the Royal Danish Ballet from 1985 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Schandorff is the 156th most popular cyclist (up from 292nd in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 602nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Axel Schandorff ranks 156 out of 1,613. Before him are Anton Tkáč, Carlo Galetti, Stephen Roche, Jeannie Longo, Claude Criquielion, and Gerrit Voorting. After him are Andrei Tchmil, Maurice Peeters, Chris Froome, Leonard Meredith, Gianni Motta, and Michel Rousseau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Axel Schandorff ranks 306. Before him are Art Buchwald, Maria Tallchief, Martha Vickers, José Parra Martínez, Cornell Borchers, and Michal Vičan. After him are Shirley Strickland, Luis Alberto Monge, James Salter, Mary F. Lyon, Yasushi Akutagawa, and Amparo Rivelles. Among people deceased in 2016, Axel Schandorff ranks 304. Before him are Charmian Carr, Alan Young, Alcindo, Arturo Pomar, José Parra Martínez, and David Padilla. After him are Michel Rousseau, Luis Alberto Monge, Anita Brookner, Marco Pannella, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, and Muhamed Mujić.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Axel Schandorff ranks 447 out of 1,032. Before him are Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Pia Kjærsgaard (1947), and Benjamin Christensen (1879). After him are Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1595), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Niels Neergaard (1854), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1584), and Holger Thiele (1878).

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Among CYCLISTS In Denmark

Among cyclists born in Denmark, Axel Schandorff ranks 5. Before him are Henry Hansen (1902), Tony Rominger (1961), Bjarne Riis (1964), and Willy Hansen (1906). After him are Ole Ritter (1941), Leif Mortensen (1946), Jonas Vingegaard (1996), Mogens Frey (1941), Charles Schlee (1873), Michael Rasmussen (1974), and Gunnar Asmussen (1944).

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