# Edith Nielsen

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{{short description|Danish diver}}
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| birth_place = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
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'''Edith Nancy Sophie Bechmann Nielsen''' (later ''Scheffler'', 12 May 1906 &ndash; 23 November 1994) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [diver](/source/diving_(sport)) who competed in the [1924](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics) and [1928 Summer Olympics](/source/1928_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/edith-nielsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/edith-nielsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Edith Nielsen Olympic Results |accessdate=13 May 2020}}</ref> In 1924 she finished fourth in the [10 metre platform competition](/source/Diving_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_10_metre_platform). Four years later she was eliminated in the first round of the [10 metre platform event](/source/Diving_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_10_metre_platform).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46287 |title=Edith Nielsen |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>

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