Valdemar C. Nielsen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameValdemar Christoffer•Nielsen
Used nameValdemar C.•Nielsen
Born21 September 1893 in København (Copenhagen), Hovedstaden (DEN)
Died16 May 1972 (aged 78 years 7 months 25 days) in Risbjerg, Hvidovre, Hovedstaden (DEN)
AffiliationsABC, København (DEN)
NOC Denmark

Biography

Valdemar C. Nielsen was just 19 years old when he competed at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912; however, he did not finish the road time trial. In 1923, he finished 13th at the first-ever world championships in road race, a 164 km race in Switzerland from Zürich to Basel and back.

Nielsen married Gudrun Rigmor Bigom in 1919. They had one daughter.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Cycling Road (Cycling) DEN Valdemar C. Nielsen
Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNF
Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic) Denmark 8