Aage Kirkegaard
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Aage Emil Kirkegaard was a Danish
field hockey
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was born in Nørre Nissum
and died in Nykøbing Falster
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In 1936 he was a member of the Danish team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament
. He played both matches as forward.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was born in Nørre Nissum
Nørre Nissum
Nørre Nissum is a village situated in western Jutland, Denmark with a population of 1,029 . Nearest larger town is Lemvig with a population of about 7000. This village has Denmark's smallest teachers training college: Nørre Nissum Seminarium and HF.-External links:**...
and died in Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund kommune. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the 295-meter-long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,464...
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In 1936 he was a member of the Danish team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament
Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics saw the fifth field hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from Tuesday,...
. He played both matches as forward.