Hakon Leffler
Hakon Leffler in 1937 | |
Born | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11 March 1887
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Died | 31 July 1972 Gothenburg, Sweden | (aged 85)
Hakon Leffler (11 March 1887 – 31 July 1972) was a Swedish engineer, businessman and tennis player.[1]
He was the son of merchant , studied electrical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1905 to 1908, and at Uppsala University where he graduated in 1910.[2] After having worked at the M.E. Delbanco company 1912–1915, he became the CEO of Svensk oljeslageri AB 1916. In 1929 he became the deputy CEO at , a textile company in Gothenburg, and in 1935 its CEO.
Olympic career[]
Leffler competed in two individual tennis events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
References[]
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- ^ "Hakon Leffler". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Vem är Vem?: Götalandsdelen utom Skåne (1948), p. 577
- ^ "Hakon Leffler". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Hakon Leffler. Swedish Olympic Committee
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