# Halvor Birch

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{{Short description|Danish gymnast (1885–1962)}}
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| name             = Halvor Birch
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1885|02|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Horsens](/source/Horsens), Denmark
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1962|07|05|1885|02|21|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
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{{MedalSport|Men's [artistic gymnastics](/source/artistic_gymnastics)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Summer_Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1912 Stockholm](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics)|[Team, free system](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team%2C_free_system)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Intercalated Games](/source/Intercalated_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1906 Athens](/source/1906_Intercalated_Games) | [Team](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games)}}
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'''Halvor Birch''' (21 February 1885 – 5 July 1962) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [gymnast](/source/gymnast) who competed in the [1906 Summer Olympics](/source/1906_Summer_Olympics) and in the [1912 Summer Olympics](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29612 |title=Halvor Birch |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

At the [1906 Summer Olympics](/source/1906_Summer_Olympics) in [Athens](/source/Athens), he was a member of the Danish [gymnastics team](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_1906_Summer_Olympics), which won the silver medal. Six years later, he won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.

At club level he was a member of [Handelsstandens Gymnastikforening](/source/Handelsstandens_Gymnastikforening) (HG). He won the Danish championship in team gymnastics four times.

He was also an active [cricket](/source/cricket) player and worked as a salesman.

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Category:Danish male artistic gymnasts
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Category:Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Category:Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:Sportspeople from Horsens

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