Gösta Magnusson
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Born | 13 September 1915 Örebro, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 November 1948 (aged 33) Örebro, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Örebro AK | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Klas Gösta Natanael Magnusson (13 September 1915 – 25 November 1948) was a Swedish light heavyweight weightlifter. In 1948 he won a European title and a bronze Olympic medal 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1] An avid ice angler, Magnusson drowned later that year after stepping on weak ice in his home district.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Gösta Magnusson". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ Gösta Magnusson. Swedish Olympic Committee
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- 1915 births
- 1948 deaths
- Sportspeople from Örebro
- Swedish male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Swedish weightlifting biography stubs