Vilhelm Emanuel Jakob Gylche (6 January 1888 – 18 December 1952) was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, b ...

. He is the brother of

Karl Paul Kristian Gylche Karl Paul Kristian Gylche (30 January 1890 – 15 November 1944) was a detective of the Danish police force who died in the Buchenwald concentration camp following the deportation of the Danish police. He is the father of Preben Gylche and brothe ...

. He was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan a ...

and died in Gentofte. In 1912 he qualified for the final of the 10 kilometre walk event but did not finish the race.

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* 1888 births 1952 deaths Danish male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Denmark Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes from Copenhagen {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub