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Svend Olsen
weightlifter
- October 17, 1908 · Lodbjerg Parish
- December 13, 1980 · Hundested
- 72 years
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Svend Olsen, 72, Danish Olympic weightlifter (1932).
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|Svend Egil Benjamin Olsen (17 October 1908 – 13 December 1980) was a Danish light-heavyweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics. The same year he set world records in the clean and jerk, snatch and in the total, but the last record was not ratified. Next year he retired from competitions and later worked as a circus performer.
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