Edgar Aabye

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,[1] after joining the team as a last-minute substitute.

Edgar Aabye

Personal information
Full name	Edgar Lindenau Aabye
Born	(1865-09-14)14 September 1865 Helsingør, Denmark
Died	30 April 1941(1941-04-30) (aged 75) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Journalist
Medal record Men's tug of war Representing a Mixed team 1900 Paris Team competition

Aabye was an accomplished athlete who had previously won a Danish championship in swimming (1896) and been a competitor in rowing and cycling.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]