Jump to content

Aage Larsen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aage Larsen
Aage Larsen and Ebbe Parsner at the 1949 European championships
Personal information
Born(1923-08-03)3 August 1923
Søborggård, Denmark
Died31 October 2016(2016-10-31) (aged 93)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubDFDS Idrætsklub, København
Fredensborg Roklub, Fredensborg
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Double sculls
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1949 Amsterdam Double sculls
Gold medal – first place 1950 Milan Double sculls

Aage Ernst Larsen (3 August 1923 – 31 October 2016) was a Danish rower who specialized in the double scull event. Together with Ebbe Parsner he won the European titles in 1949 and 1950[2] and a silver medal at the 1948 Olympics. At the 1952 Games they were eliminated in the first round.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Aage Larsen's obituary (in Danish)
  2. ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften Herren Doppelzweier Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aage Larsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
[edit]