Bengt Baron

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Bengt Baron Personal information Full name: Bengt Baron Nationality:  Sweden Stroke(s): backstroke, butterfly Date of birth: March 6, 1962 (1962-03-06) (age 46)

Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow 100m Backstroke Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4x100m Freestyle World Championsips (LC) Bronze 1982 Guayaquil 100m Butterfly European Championships (LC) Bronze 1985 Sofia 4x100m Freestyle

Bengt Baron (born March 6, 1962) is a former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m Backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4x100m Freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. An undergraduate student from the University of California, Baron was named into its Hall of Fame in 1999. In the years 1979–1985 he won a total number of 33 Swedish titles.

After his career as swimmer, Bengt Baron attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his MBA in 1988. Upon graduation, he joined McKinsey & Company in their Stockholm office, after which he joined numerous consumer companies, including Coca-Cola, AB Frionor (a Norwegian frozen seafood company), and Kodak. In 2001, Bengt Baron was named CEO and President of Absolut Vodka.

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• SK Korrugal
• Järfälla SS

Sporting positions
Preceded by Per Holmertz	Swedish National LC Champion Men's 50m Freestyle 1984	Succeeded by Per Johansson

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke 1908: Arno Bieberstein | 1912: Harry Hebner | 1920: Warren Kealoha | 1924: Warren Kealoha | 1928: George Kojac | 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa | 1936: Adolf Kiefer | 1948: Allen Stack | 1952: Yoshinobu Oyakawa | 1956: David Theile | 1960: David Theile | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Bengt Baron | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Daichi Suzuki | 1992: Mark Tewksbury | 1996: Jeff Rouse | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol