Olle Laessker

Olle Laessker

Laessker in 1946
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Sweden
European Athletics Championships
Gold 1946 Oslo Long jump
Gold 1946 Oslo 4×100 m relay

Olle Laessker (2 April 1922 – 19 September 1992) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in long jump and sprinting events.[1]

His greatest success was a gold medal double at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo, where he won the long jump title by a margin of two centimetres then teamed up with Stig Danielsson, Inge Nilsson and Stig Håkansson to win a second gold for Sweden in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.[2] He was Sweden's first medallist in that event, with Michel Tornéus in 2012 becoming the second Swedish man to reach the men's European long jump podium.

He had personal bests of 7.50 m (24 ft 71⁄4 in) for the long jump, 10.7 seconds for the 100 metres, 21.8 seconds for the 200 metres and 48.8 seconds for the 400 metres. During his career, he competed for the Jönköping AIF and Gavle SGF athletics clubs. He was awarded the Stora grabbars märke for his achievements, listed as the 116th recipient in the sport of athletics.[3] Laessker was the Swedish long jump champion in 1946 and 1947.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Matthews: Athletics 1993, Windsor 1993 ISBN 1-873-05718-6
  2. ↑ European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-16.
  3. ↑ Medlemmar (Swedish). Storagrabbar. Retrieved on 2014-10-16.
  4. ↑ Nordisk Familjeboks Sportlexikon. Stockholm: Nordisk Familjeboks Förlags AB. 1938-1949