Åke Stenqvist
Swedish athlete (1914-2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Full name | Åke Valter Stenqvist | ||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | ||||||||||||||
Club | IK Mode, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.7 (1938) LJ – 7.47 m (1937)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Stenqvist held national titles in the long jump (1935–42) and pentathlon (1940–42); he was also an international handball player.[4]