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Edgar Aabye

1865 - 1941

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Edgar Lindenau Aabye (14 September 1865 – 30 April 1941) was a Danish athlete and journalist who earned a gold medal in the tug of war at the age of 34 in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, after joining the team as a last-minute substitute. Aabye was an accomplished athlete who had previously won a Danish championship in swimming (1896) and been a competitor in rowing and cycling. Aabye joined the team which then competed in the only tug-of-war contest, defeating the French team for the gold medal. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Aabye is the 334th most popular athlete (down from 207th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edgar Aabye ranks 334 out of 6,025. Before him are Émile Grumiaux, Edward Marsh, John Akii-Bua, Márta Rudas, Gunnar Sköld, and Emerson. After him are Al Oerter, Ralph Rose, John Geiger, Ole Ellefsæter, Quinn, and Inessa Kravets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Edgar Aabye ranks 108. Before him are Maciej Sulkiewicz, Eduard Vilde, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Lubor Niederle, Bernard Berenson, and Winnaretta Singer. After him are Karl Blossfeldt, Cândido Rondon, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Ursula Ledóchowska, Elise Richter, and Robert W. Chambers. Among people deceased in 1941, Edgar Aabye ranks 121. Before him are Eugène Boch, Kazimierz Bartel, Frank Bridge, Mihály Babits, Frank Waller, and Nicolae Titulescu. After him are Philippe Gaubert, Filipp Makharadze, Milka Ternina, Rudolf Ramek, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Fritz Manteuffel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Edgar Aabye ranks 343 out of 1,032. Before him are Palle Huld (1912), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Hans Wegner (1914), John Hansen (1924), and Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1668). After him are Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Ghita Nørby (1935), Erik Balling (1924), Georg Mohr (1640), and Svend Asmussen (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Edgar Aabye ranks 3. Before him are Viggo Jensen (1874), and Karen Hoff (1921). After him are Lis Hartel (1921), Karen Harup (1924), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Lily Carlstedt (1926), Henry Petersen (1900), and Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871).

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