About Axel Schandorff
Axel Schandorff, 90, Danish track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
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|Axel Schandorff (3 March 1925 – 28 January 2016) was a Danish track cyclist. He was born in Copenhagen. He competed for Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual sprint event where he finished in the bronze medal position.
His daughter, Silja Schandorff is a ballet dancer, who was at the Royal Danish Ballet from 1985 to 2009.
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