Gösta Åsbrink

Gösta Åsbrink

Gösta Åsbrink running the cross-country leg of the pentathlon competition at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1881-11-18)18 November 1881
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 19 April 1966(1966-04-19) (aged 84)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport Gymnastics, modern pentathlon
Club Stockholms GF, Täby
I10 IF, Malmköping
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
1908 London Gymnastics team
1912 Stockholm Modern pentathlon

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]

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. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to a major.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Gösta Åsbrink". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Gösta Åsbrink Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  3. ↑ Gösta Åsbrink. Swedish Olympic Committee
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gösta Åsbrink.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.