Svend Egil Benjamin Olsen (17 October 1908 – 13 December 1980) was a Danish light-heavyweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics. The same year he set world records in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

, snatch and in the total, but the last record was not ratified. Next year he retired from competitions and later worked as a circus performer.

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1908 births 1980 deaths Danish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Denmark Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics People from Hundested Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-weightlifting-bio-stub