Claes Egnell
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| Born | 29 January 1916 Örebro, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Died | 15 January 2012 (aged 95) Falun, Sweden | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||
| Club | I3 IF, Örebro | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Claes Robert Herman Vidarsson Egnell (29 January 1916 – 15 January 2012)[1][2] was a Swedish sport shooter and modern pentathlete, who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1948 he finished 24th in the 25 m rapid-fire pistol event. In 1952 he won a silver medal in modern pentathlon with the Swedish team, and placed 11th individually. He also took part in the 1948 Winter Olympics, in the winter pentathlon, which was held as a demonstration sport. He suffered a leg fracture in the downhill skiing event and had to withdraw.[3]
Egnell also competed nationally in fencing, cross-country skiing, tennis and horse riding. In 1945 he received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal for winning two Swedish modern pentathlon championships. He served as Secretary-General of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 and was a guest of honor at the modern pentathlon World Cup final in Uppsala in 2005.[3]
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claes Egnell. |
- ^ Claes Egnell's obituary (in Swedish)
- ^ Anders F Rehnberg (16 January 2012). "Claes Egnell har avlidit". Dalarnas Tidning.
- ^ a b "Claes Egnell". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- 1916 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Örebro
- Swedish male modern pentathletes
- Swedish male sport shooters
- Olympic modern pentathletes of Sweden
- Olympic shooters of Sweden
- Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics