Ernst Ludvig Emanuel Schultz (15 May 1879 – 20 June 1906) was a

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sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 400 m event at the

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. In the 1898-99 athletics season, Schultz had set Danish records in the 200 metres and quarter-mile distances and in 1899 he won the 150 metre national title when running for the Københavns IF club. The following year, just after his 21st birthday, he traveled to

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to participate in the

, Schultz was the youngest of the 13 man team from Denmark. He competed in one event the

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, in the first round, although his time is unknown, he finished in second place behind American

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, so qualified for the final the next day. Schultz and five Americans had qualified for the final, but the final was run on a Sunday, and due to religious reason three Americans refused to run, so running a time of 51.5 seconds Schultz came last of the three finalist and won the bronze medal behind

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and Bill Holland. Later in the year with two other young men they founded

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, which Schultz was chairman for the first year. Besides athletics Schultz also competed in rowing and

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, then on 20 June 1906, just one month and five days after his 27th birthday he drowned while trying to rescue his rowing partner 20 year old footballer Thorald Petersen Høyen when their boat capsized in the Roskilde Fjord.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Ernst Danish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic athletes of Denmark Deaths by drowning 1879 births 1906 deaths Place of birth missing People from Horsens Accidental deaths in Denmark Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region