Preben Christiansen (7 December 1913 – 22 May 1979) was a Danish
fencer. He competed in the individual and team
épée
The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...
and
sabre
A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...
events at the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
.
References
1913 births
1979 deaths
Danish male fencers
Olympic fencers for Denmark
Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing
20th-century Danish sportsmen
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