Axel Schandorff

Axel Carl Schandorff (born March 3, 1925 in Copenhagen ; † January 28, 2016 ) was a Danish track cyclist .

Axel Schandorff was active as a specialist for short-term disciplines on the track from 1946 to 1953, and as an amateur until 1950 . In 1946 he was runner-up in the amateurs sprint in Zurich and a second time in Amsterdam in 1948 . In 1949 he took third place in the renowned sprint classic Grand Prix de Paris . Nine times he was Danish sprint champion, with the amateurs as well as the professionals .

In 1948 Schandorff started at the Olympic Games in London and won the bronze medal in the sprint, in the time trial he finished fifth.

Schandorff was a trained goldsmith by profession .

Axel Schandorff is the father of the ballet dancer Silja Schandorff .

Web links

Axel Schandorff in the Radsportseiten.net database

Axel Schandorff in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Kort om sport
↑ Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 1/1950 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne 1950, p. 8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schandorff, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schandorff, Axel Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 2016

[1] Kort om sport

[2] Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 1/1950 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne 1950, p. 8 .