Inga Gentzel
 Inga Gentzel at the 1928 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 April 1908 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1991 (aged 82) Nyköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100–1000 m | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 200 m – 27.8 (1929) 800 m – 2:18.8e (1928)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner, who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics she set a new world record in this event, which was broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games.[1][3]
Gentzel held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and in the 800 m in 1928–31.[4] She worked as a piano teacher in Nyköping and often appeared on the Swedish radio as a member of the vocal group Trio Rita, together with Ulla Castegren and Anna-Lisa Cronström. She was a niece of the actor Ludde Gentzel.[3]
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- ^ a b Inga Gentzel Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Inga Gentzel. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Inga Gentzel. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Inga Gentzel-Dahlgren 1908–1991. storagrabbar.se
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Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1991 deaths
- Swedish female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Women's World Games medalists
- Sportspeople from Stockholm