Svend Langkjær
Danish athlete
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| Intro | Danish athlete | |
| Places | Denmark | |
| was | Athlete Long jumper High jumper Decathlete Hammer thrower Shot putter | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 23 August 1886, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark | |
| Death | 2 May 1948Copenhagen, Denmark (aged 61 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
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Svend Langkjær (August 23, 1886 – May 2, 1948) was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he competed in both the standing high jump and the standing long jump, finishing eighth in the high jump with a height of 1.42. In 1912 he competed in the decathlon. He did not finish, after failing to start the high jump, the fourth of the ten events.