Claës Henrik Magnus König (January 15, 1885 – November 25, 1961) was a Swedish nobleman, officer, Head of the Royal Mews (from 1935) and horse rider, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
In 1920 he and his horse Tresor were part of the Swedish equestrian team, which won the gold medal in the team jumping.
Four years later he and his horse Bojar won the silver medal with the Swedish eventing team after finishing fifth in the individual eventing.
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- 1912: Sweden (Lewenhaupt, Kilman, von Rosen, Rosencrantz)
- 1920: Sweden (König, von Rosen, Norling, Martin)
- 1924: Sweden (Thelning, Ståhle, Lundström)
- 1928: Spain (Navarro, Álvarez, García)
- 1936: Germany (Hasse, von Barnekow, Brandt)
- 1948: Mexico (Mariles, Uriza, Valdés)
- 1952: Great Britain (White, Stewart, Llewellyn)
- 1956: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Lütke-Westhues)
- 1960: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Schockemöhle)
- 1964: Germany (Schridde, Jarasinski, Winkler)
- 1968: Canada (Day, Gayford, Elder)
- 1972: West Germany (Ligges, Wiltfang, Steenken, Winkler)
- 1976: France (Parot, Rozier, Roguet, Roche)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Chukanov, Poganovsky, Asmaev, Korolkov)
- 1984: United States (Fargis, Homfeld, Burr Howard, Smith)
- 1988: West Germany (Beerbaum, Brinkmann, Hafemeister, Sloothaak)
- 1992: Netherlands (Raijmakers, Romp, Tops, Lansink)
- 1996: Germany (Sloothaak, Nieberg, Kirchhoff, Beerbaum)
- 2000: Germany (Beerbaum, Nieberg, Ehning, Becker)
- 2004: United States (Wylde, Ward, Madden, Kappler)
- 2008: United States (Ward, Kraut, Simpson, Madden)
- 2012: Great Britain (Skelton, Maher, Brash, Charles)
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Konig, Claes |
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Equestrian |
| Date of birth |
January 15, 1885 |
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| Date of death |
November 25, 1961 |
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