Edgar Aabye
Danish tug of war competitor
Died when: 75 years 228 days (907 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Edgar Lindenau Aabye (14 September 1865 – 30 April 1941) was a Danish athlete and journalist who earned a gold medal in the tug of war at the age of 34 in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, after joining the team as a last-minute substitute.
Aabye was an accomplished athlete who had previously won a Danish championship in swimming (1896) and been a competitor in rowing and cycling.
Aabye joined the team which then competed in the only tug-of-war contest, defeating the French team for the gold medal.
Initially, Aabye was not a member of the tug-of-war team but was working at the Paris Olympics as a journalist for the Politiken newspaper.
When a member of the combined Dano-Swedish tug of war team was injured, the team asked Aabye to fill in as a last-minute substitute.
He was the nation's first sports journalist as he worked for the broadsheet Politiken from 1892 until 1935.He had previously studied theology and taught history and geography at a middle school.