Halvor Birch (21 February 1885 – 5 July 1962) was a

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gymnast who competed in the

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and in the

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. At the

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, he was a member of the Danish gymnastics team, which won the silver medal. Six years later he won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.

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1885 births 1962 deaths Danish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games {{Denmark-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub