Rudolf Johannes Rasmussen (18 June 1918 – 25 September 1993) was a Danish

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. He competed in the

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and team road race events at the

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, but failed to finish. His younger brother

Jørgen Frank Rasmussen Jørgen Frank Rasmussen (21 November 1930 – 10 June 2009) was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the X ...

took part in the same events at the 1952 Olympics.Rudolf Rasmussen
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* 1918 births 1993 deaths Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Copenhagen 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub