Frode Kirkebjerg
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Frode Rasmussen Kirkebjerg (10 May 1888 in Malt, Ribe, Denmark – 12 January 1975 in Ordrup, Denmark) was a Danish sports horse rider and captain in the Danish military. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics on the horse Dippe-Libbeand in the 1924 Summer Olympics on the horse Meteor.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frode-kirkebjerg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frode-kirkebjerg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frode Kirkebjerg Olympic Results |accessdate=14 April 2020}}
In 1912, he did not finish the Individual eventing (Military) competition. also, the Danish team did not finish the team event. Twelve years later, he won the silver medal in the individual three-day event (Military) event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12237 |title=Frode Kirkebjerg |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 May 2021}}
Family
Frode had three children: Lars Eivind Bluun Kirkebjerg, Dorrit Kirkebjerg Dawes, and Lisbet Kirkebjerg Abrams.Wooldridge, Jules. "The Life of Frode R. Kirkebjerg." Bachelors' thesis, Grove City College, 2021.
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Category:Danish male equestrians
Category:Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic equestrians for Denmark
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
Category:Olympic medalists in equestrian
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark
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