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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Aabye has received more than 17,622 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Aabye is the 210th most popular athlete (down from 118th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 271st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edgar Aabye ranks 210 out of 6,025. Before him are Imre Földi, Oscar Swahn, Marlene Ahrens, Gyula Kellner, Alain Mimoun, and Rosa Mota. After him are Adhemar da Silva, Harold Abrahams, Harry Hillman, Eliud Kipchoge, Helge Løvland, and Reggie Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Edgar Aabye ranks 105. Before him are Winnaretta Singer, Emma Eckstein, Eduard Vilde, Lily Braun, Cândido Rondon, and Lubor Niederle. After him are Albéric Magnard, Wilson Bentley, Jehanne D'Alcy, Robert W. Chambers, Mahmud Tarzi, and Albert Aurier. Among people deceased in 1941, Edgar Aabye ranks 118. Before him are Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Louis Marcoussis, Kazimierz Bartel, George Minne, Maurice Bavaud, and Mihály Babits. After him are Giuseppe Amisani, Alexander Svanidze, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Philippe Gaubert, Rudolf Ramek, and Friedrich Akel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Edgar Aabye ranks 322 out of 1,032. Before him are Poul Hartling (1914), Georg Jensen (1866), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887), and August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612). After him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), Christian Eriksen (1992), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Birthe Wilke (1936), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Edgar Aabye ranks 3. Before him are Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922), and Viggo Jensen (1874). After him are Karen Harup (1924), Lis Hartel (1921), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Karen Hoff (1921), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Henry Petersen (1900), and Kurt Helmudt (1943).

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