Gösta Åsbrink
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| Born |
18 November 1881 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
19 April 1966 (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gymnastics, modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Gösta Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games.
Gösta Åsbrink died at the age of 84.
References
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Gösta Åsbrink". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ↑ "Gösta Åsbrink Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
External links
- Brief statistical profile {with photograph} of Gösta Åsbrink {in Swedish}
- Gösta Åsbrink listed among Swedish Olympic medalists
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