Aage Leidersdorff
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Aage Leidersdorff (10 April 1910 – 19 February 1970) was a Danish fencer. He competed at the
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
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1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
. Leidersdorff, a Jewish sportsman, received the B.T. Gold medal in 1945 as Danish sportsperson of the year.


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1910 births 1970 deaths Danish male fencers Olympic fencers of Denmark Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Copenhagen Jewish Danish sportspeople {{Denmark-fencing-bio-stub