Hans Eiler Pedersen

In 1912, Hans Eiler Pedersen was a member of the Danish gymnastics team that won silver behind Sweden in the Swedish system at the Stockholm Olympics. Later, he married Olga Asta Bonfils, a Frenchwoman.

Pedersen took the teacher’s exam at Skaarup Seminarium 1911 and a year’s course at the State Gymnastics Institute 1911-12. He then took a year’s course in English, Danish, and Swedish and went on a study trip to England 1912-13.

He later became a temporary worker at the Municipality of København and a permanent employee at Nyboder School in 1919 also working on the Preliminary Course from 1920-27. From 1927 he became a teacher at Blaagaard Seminarium, later moving to Ny Carlsbergvejens School, from which he left as a school inspector in 1960.

He was for a time chairman of the Gymnastics Society and the Danish Gymnastics Teachers’ Association and published several books with daily exercises in gymnastics.