Ernest Bohr
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Danish |
Born | Frederiksberg, Denmark | 7 March 1924
Died | 26 February 2018 | (aged 93)
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Country | Denmark |
Sport | Hockey |
Event | Men's team |
Club | Orient, Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk |
Team | Denmark national field hockey team |
Ernest David Bohr (7 March 1924 – 26 February 2018)[1] was a Danish lawyer and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Bohr was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 7 March 1924,[2] the son of football player and physicist Niels Bohr and Margrethe Nørlund. He graduated from Sortedam High School and later became a barrister. He was named after the New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford, who was a friend of Niels, and after Niels' maternal grandfather.[3] He was the brother of physicist Aage Bohr,[3] and the nephew of mathematician Harald Bohr, who played for the Danish silver medal-winning team in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which were also held in London. He played Hockey for Orient in Lyngby, Kongens Lyngby, and Lyngby-Taarbæk.[2]
After the German
Bohr played
After returning to Denmark, Bohr qualified as a lawyer in 1949. He married Else Richter, a fellow lawyer, on 7 January 1950.[6] Bohr was Chairman of the Board of joint stock companies Wiltax, Slagelse Dampmølle, and Øxenbjerg Dampmølle og Toldbodmøl, and a board member of A/S Møller & Landschultz and Juliet Fond.[6]
Olympic results
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||||||
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1. | Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | X | 6:1 | 2:1 | 3:1 | 9:0 | |
2. | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1:6 | X | 4:1 | 2:0 | 4:1 | |
3. | Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1:2 | 1:4 | X | 2:1 | 2:1 | |
4. | France (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1:3 | 0:2 | 1:2 | X | 2:2 | |
5. | Denmark (DEN) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0:9 | 1:4 | 1:2 | 2:2 | X |
Source: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad[7]
Key: Pld - Played W - won D - drew L - lost GF - goals for GA - goals against Pts - points
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | GP | G |
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1948 Summer | 24 | London | Hockey | Denmark | DEN | Final Standings | 13 | 31 July 1948 | 2 | 0 | ||
1948 Summer | 24 | London | Hockey | Denmark | DEN | Group C | Match No. 5 | 2 | 3 August 1948 | PAK 9, DEN 0 | ||
1948 Summer | 24 | London | Hockey | Denmark | DEN | Group C | Match No. 8 | 2 | 5 August 1948 | BEL 2, DEN 1 |
Source: Ernest Bohr Biography and Olympic results [2]
Key: GP - games played G - goals
Notes
- ^ "Ernest Bohr (1924–2018)". www.nbarchive.dk. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Ernest Bohr Biography and Olympic Results - Olympics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ a b Pais 1991, p. 249.
- ^ Rhodes 1986, pp. 482–483.
- ^ London 1948, pp. 406–411.
- ^ a b "Bohr, Ernest". Kraks Blå Bog (in Danish). Krak. 1974. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ London 1948, p. 409.
References
- OCLC 22906846.
- OCLC 13793436.
- The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad (PDF). London: Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. 1948. OCLC 58862228. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
External links
- Ernest Bohr at Olympedia