August Emanuel Sørensen (15 November 1896 – 1 March 1979) was a
Danish track and field athlete
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...
. He was born in
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,953 on 1 January 2025, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsin ...
and died in
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...
. In 1920 he was a member of the Danish relay team which finish fifth in the
4 × 100 metre relay event. In the
100 metres competition as well as in the
200 metres event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
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1896 births
1979 deaths
Danish male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Denmark
Sportspeople from Helsingør
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