Axel Andersen

{{short description|Danish gymnast}}

{{about||the Danish football player and national team manager|Axel Andersen Byrval|the Puerto Rican actor|Axel Anderson}}

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{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Axel Andersen

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| full_name = Axel Sigurd Andersen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|12|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|05|15|1891|12|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| discipline = MAG

| country = Denmark

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1912 Stockholm|Team, free system}}

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Axel Sigurd Andersen (20 December 1891 in Copenhagen, Denmark – 15 May 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29605 |title=Axel Andersen |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 April 2021}} He was part of the Danish team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. In the individual all-around competition, he finished 33rd.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/axel-andersen-1.html |title=Axel Andersen |access-date=15 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052206/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/axel-andersen-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020}}