Åke Stenqvist
 | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
31 January 1914 Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||
| Died |
23 February 1983 (aged 77) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | |||||||||
| Club | IK Mode, Stockholm | |||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
100 m – 10.7 (1938) LJ – 7.47 m (1937)[1][2] | |||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Åke Valter Stenqvist (31 January 1914 – 12 August 2006) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the 100 m sprint and long jump. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished 10th in the long jump. Later he won a silver medal in the relay at the 1938 European Championships.[1][3]
Stenqvist held national titles in the long jump (1935–42) and pentathlon (1940–42); he was also an international handball player.[4]
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Åke Stenqvist. |
- 1 2 Åke Stenqvist. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Åke Stenqvist. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ↑ Åke Stenqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ Åke Stenqvist 1914–2006. storagrabbar.se
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.