Aage Leidersdorff

Aage Leidersdorff (10 April 1910 – 19 February 1970) was a Danish fencer and referee. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1] Leidersdorff, a Jewish sportsman,^[2] received the B.T. Gold medal in 1945 as Danish sportsperson of the year.^[3][4] He appeared in a short documentary film, Olympiadetræning (also known as Training for the Olympics in 1948).^[5] Described by the Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon as the Nordic countries foremost foil and sabre fencer, he won multiple national and Nordic championships in fencing.^[6][7]

Aage Leidersdorff

Personal information
Born	(1910-04-10)10 April 1910 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	19 February 1970(1970-02-19) (aged 59) Gentofte, Denmark
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Foil, Team – 4th (1932) Sabre, Team – 5th (1932) Épée, Team – 5th (tie) (1932)

He operated a fur shop, Aage Leidersdorff Pelse, in Copenhagen at Østergade 15.^[8] The business was founded in 1908 by his father, also named Aage Leidersdorff (born 1882).^[9][10] During the Second World War, he was evacuated to Sweden along with other Danish Jews.^[2]

References

1. Aage Leidersdorff at Olympedia
2. Mayer, Paul Yogi (2000). Jüdische Olympiasieger: Sport, ein Sprungbrett für Minoritäten (in German). Agon Sportverlag. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-89784-173-4.
3. "Tidligere vindere af B.T.s Guld". Berlingske Tidende (in Danish). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
4. "Aage Leidersdorff Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
5. Olympiadetræning at IMDb
6. Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon - Lahtis-Röse (in Swedish) (5th ed.). Stockholm: Forlagsaktiebolaget A. Sohlman & Co. 1943. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
7. Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon - Supplement (in Swedish) (7th ed.). Stockholm: Forlagsaktiebolaget A. Sohlman & Co. 1949. p. 1010. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
8. American Overseas Guide. American Overseas Tourist-Service of New York, Incorporated. 1968. p. 155.
9. Hvem, hvad, hvor (1945). Faegtning. Danmarkmestre (in Danish). Dagbladet politiken.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
10. "det koster at følge sit hjerte". Stiften (in Danish). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2023. (photo includes a sculpture of Aage Leidersdorff, probably the father)

External links

• "DIS-Forum :: AneEfterlysning :: Leidersdorf/Leidesdorf". Retrieved 8 July 2023.
• Rode, Edith (16 February 2018). Den gyldne bog om danske kvinder (in Danish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-87-11-66775-0.
• Aage Leidersdorff at IMDb