Edgar Aabye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edgar Aabye

Danish tug of war competitor

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1865

Place of Birth: Helsingør, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1941

Profession: theologian, journalist, swimmer, rower, tug of war competitor

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Edgar Lindenau Aabye (September 14, 1865 – April 30, 1941) was a Danish athlete and journalist who earned a gold medal in the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 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.
When a member of the combined Dano-Swedish tug of war team was injured, the team asked Aabye to fill in as a last-minute substitute.