Åke Stenqvist
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Full name | Åke Valter Stenqvist | |||||||||||||
Born | 31 January 1914 Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Died | 23 February 1983 (aged 77) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | |||||||||||||
Club | IK Mode, Stockholm | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.7 (1938) LJ – 7.47 m (1937)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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Åke Valter Stenqvist (31 January 1914 – 12 August 2006) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the 100 m sprint and long jump. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished 10th in the long jump. Later he won a silver medal in the relay at the 1938 European Championships.[1][3]
Stenqvist held national titles in the long jump (1935–42) and pentathlon (1940–42); he was also an international handball player.[4]
References[]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Åke Stenqvist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Åke Stenqvist". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ "Åke Stenqvist". sok.se. Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Åke Stenqvist 1914–2006". storagrabbar.se. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
External links[]
- Ake Stenqvist at the International Olympic Committee
- Åke Stenqvist at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish)
- Åke Stenqvist at Olympedia
- Åke Stenqvist at World Athletics
- Åke Stenqvist at European Athletics (archived)
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 2006 deaths
- Swedish male sprinters
- Swedish male handball players
- Swedish male long jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Swedish athletics biography stubs