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Paul Elvstrøm
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Danish yachtsman (1928–2016)
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It sits within the topics 1928 births, 2016 deaths and 20th-century Danish sportsmen.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Paul Bert Elvstrøm
- Nationality
- Danish
- Born
- ( 1928-02-25 ) 25 February 1928, Hellerup , Denmark
- Died
- 7 December 2016 (2016-12-07) (aged 88), Hellerup , Denmark
- Height
- 1.82 m (5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 85 kg (187 lb)
- Sport
- Sailing
- Class es
- 5.5 Metre , 505 , Finn , Firefly , Flying Dutchman , Snipe , Soling , Star , Tornado
- Club
- Hellerup Sejlklub, Gentofte
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Hellerup
- Place of death
- Hellerup
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Sport
- sailing
- Country for sport
- Denmark
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Paul Elvstrøm 1960.jpg
- Height
- 182
- Number of children
- 4
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- date of birth
- 1928-02-25
- name in native language
- Paul Bert Elvstrøm
- Commons category
- Paul Elvstrøm
- date of death
- 2016-12-07
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1928 births2016 deaths20th-century Danish sportsmenDanish male sailors (sport)Danish yacht designersFinn class world championsFlying Dutchman class world championsHellerup Sejlklub sailorsMarine engineersMedalists at the 1948 Summer OlympicsMedalists at the 1952 Summer OlympicsMedalists at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMedalists at the 1960 Summer OlympicsOlympic gold medalists for DenmarkOlympic medalists in sailingOlympic sailors for DenmarkOpen Snipe class world championsSailmakersSailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – FireflySailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – FinnSailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – FinnSailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – FinnSailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – StarSailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling