Leif Dahlgren
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Born | 6 February 1906 Lund, Sweden | ||||||||||
Died | 16 April 1998 (aged 92) Askim, Sweden | ||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | Decathlon, hurdles | ||||||||||
Club | SoIK Hellas, Nacka | ||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Dec – 6565 (1933) 400 mH – 54.7 (1935)[1][2] | ||||||||||
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Leif Evert Dahlgren (6 February 1906 – 16 April 1998) was a Swedish decathlete who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but failed to finish.[1][3]
Leif was the Swedish champions in pentathlon (1932, 1933, 1935, 1936), decathlon (1931–34), standing long jump (1933 and 1935) and 400 m hurdles (1934) and held the Swedish record in the standing long jump.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Leif Dahlgren. sports-reference.com
- ^ Leif Dahlgren. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Leif Dahlgren. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Leif Dahlgren 1906–1998. Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
Categories:
- 1906 births
- 1998 deaths
- Swedish decathletes
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Swedish athletics biography stubs