Niels Bukh
Danish gymnast and educator (1880-1950) · Denmark · On the map · Athletes · Died at 70
Niels Ebbesen Mortensen Bukh was a Danish gymnast and educator who founded the first athletic folk high school in Ollerup in Funen, Denmark. He achieved international fame as a gymnastics trainer for the Danish team at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912.
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He was inspired by the rhythmic female gymnastics of the Finnish gymnastics educator Elli Björkstén(1870-1947) and the medical gymnastics of Kaare Theilmann.
Country
Denmark
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1950 · aged 70
