Carl Leo Holger Nielsen (5 March 1909 – 15 June 1968) was a Danish

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

who won a gold medal at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

with Henry Hansen and

Orla Jørgensen Orla Jørgensen (25 May 1904 – 29 June 1947) was a male Danish racing cyclist who won a gold medal at the Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics with Henry Hansen (cyclist), Henry Hensen and Leo Nielsen. References Ex ...

and a silver medal at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

with Hansen and Frode Sørensen.

References

External links

Leo Nielsen's profile at databaseOlympics
* 1909 births 1968 deaths Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Randers Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub