Erik Husted
Encyclopedia
Erik Husted was a Danish
field hockey
player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
and in the 1928 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Helsingør and died in Copenhagen
. He was the older brother of Otto Husted
.
In 1920 he was a member of the Danish field hockey team, which won the silver medal.
Eight years later he also participated with the Danish team in the 1928 Olympic tournament
. He played all four matches as forward and scored one goal.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
and in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
.
He was born in Helsingør and died in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. He was the older brother of Otto Husted
Otto Husted
Otto Husted was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Helsingør and died in Virum. He was the younger brother of Erik Husted....
.
In 1920 he was a member of the Danish field hockey team, which won the silver medal.
Eight years later he also participated with the Danish team in the 1928 Olympic tournament
Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third Field Hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion. The field hockey tournament was held in the first part of this Olympic games...
. He played all four matches as forward and scored one goal.