# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/holger-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:33.115Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/holger-nielsen"
name: "Holger Nielsen"
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description: "Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer, sport shooter, and athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is probably best known for drawing up the first set of rules for the game of handball."
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birthDate: "1866-12-18"
deathDate: "1955-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump