Aage_Leidersdorff

Aage Leidersdorff

Aage Leidersdorff

Danish fencer

Aage Leidersdorff (10 April 1910 – 19 February 1970) was a Danish fencer and referee. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Leidersdorff, a Jewish sportsman,[2] received the B.T. Gold medal in 1945 as Danish sportsperson of the year.[3][4] He appeared in a short documentary film, Olympiadetræning (also known as Training for the Olympics in 1948).[5] Described by the Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon as the Nordic countries foremost foil and sabre fencer, he won multiple national and Nordic championships in fencing.[6][7]

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He operated a fur shop, Aage Leidersdorff Pelse, in Copenhagen at Østergade 15.[8] The business was founded in 1908 by his father, also named Aage Leidersdorff (born 1882).[9][10] During the Second World War, he was evacuated to Sweden along with other Danish Jews.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Aage Leidersdorff at Olympedia
  2. [2]
    Mayer, Paul Yogi (2000). Jüdische Olympiasieger: Sport, ein Sprungbrett für Minoritäten (in German). Agon Sportverlag. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-89784-173-4.
  3. [3]
    "Tidligere vindere af B.T.s Guld". Berlingske Tidende (in Danish). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Aage Leidersdorff Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    Olympiadetræning at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  6. [6]
    Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon - Lahtis-Röse (in Swedish) (5th ed.). Stockholm: Forlagsaktiebolaget A. Sohlman & Co. 1943. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. [7]
    Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon - Supplement (in Swedish) (7th ed.). Stockholm: Forlagsaktiebolaget A. Sohlman & Co. 1949. p. 1010. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. [8]
    American Overseas Guide. American Overseas Tourist-Service of New York, Incorporated. 1968. p. 155.
  9. [9]
    Hvem, hvad, hvor (1945). Faegtning. Danmarkmestre (in Danish). Dagbladet politiken.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. [10]
    "det koster at følge sit hjerte". Stiften (in Danish). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2023. (photo includes a sculpture of Aage Leidersdorff, probably the father)
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