Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Thyra Valborg•Boldsen |
Used name | Thyra•Boldsen |
Born | 2 January 1884 in Stavnsholt, Farum, Furesø, Hovedstaden (DEN) |
Died | 22 September 1968 in Monrovia, California (USA) |
NOC | Denmark |
Thyra Boldsen had her greatest success as a sculptor in the United States. She studied in Paris and Copenhagen and traveled to the USA in the 1920s for the first time after having undertaken extensive travels through Europe. In the US, she created busts of famous personalities such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh and the Japanese dancer Mitshio Ito.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1932 Summer Olympics | Art Competitions | DEN | Thyra Boldsen | |||
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) | ||||||
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) |