Svend Olsen
 Olsen at the 1932 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 October 1908 | |||||||||||
| Died | 13 December 1980 (aged 72) Hundested, Denmark | |||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Svend Egil Benjamin Olsen (17 October 1908 – 13 December 1980) was a Danish light-heavyweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics. The same year he set world records in the clean and jerk, snatch and in the total, but the last record was not ratified.[2] Next year he retired from competitions and later worked as a circus performer.[3][1]
References
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- 1 2 3 Svend Olsen. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Svend Olsen. chidlovski.net
- ↑ vægtløftning. denstoredanske.dk
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1980 deaths
- Danish male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Denmark
- Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- World record setters in weightlifting
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- People from Hundested
- Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark
- 20th-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish Olympic medalist stubs
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