Bjørn Andersen (31 May 1931 – 25 August 2006) was a Danish

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's pole vault at the

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. Andersen pole vaulted for the

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team, finishing 6th at the 1959 NCAA Track and Field Championships.

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* 1931 births 2006 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Danish male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Denmark Place of birth missing 20th-century Danish sportsmen Maryland Terrapins men's track and field athletes {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub