Aage Birch (23 September 1926 in

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– 13 February 2017)Dødsfald - Drage-legende og OL-sølvvinder Aage Birch
was a Danish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the Dragon class at the

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, together with Poul Lindemark-Jørgensen and Niels Markussen.

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* * * 1926 births 2017 deaths Danish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon Olympic sailors for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Hellerup Sejlklub sailors Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub