Ernst Casparsson

Ernst Casparsson

Casparsson at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 November 1886 Krokek, Norrköping, Sweden
Died	7 September 1973 (aged 86) Kolmården, Norrköping, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Horse riding
Club	K4 IF, Umeå
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Team eventing

Ernst Gustaf Casparsson (15 November 1886 – 7 September 1973) was a Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He and his horse Irmelin finished fifth in the individual eventing competition and won a gold medal with the Swedish eventing team. He also finished sixth in the individual jumping event on the horse Kiriki.^[1]

Casparsson was born in a family of seven siblings and grew up on his father's farm in Kolmården. One of his brothers, Otto, became a prominent actor, and sister Elsa was an artist. In 1921 Casparsson purchased the farm, which by then was in a financial trouble, and managed to repay its debt by working both as a farmer and a military officer. In 1924 he married a woman 14 years his junior; the couple had four boys.^[2]

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