Gösta Åsbrink
Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
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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][3]
FullnameKarl Gösta Åsbrink
NationalitySwedish
Born18 November 1881
Lovö, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died19 April 1966 (aged 84)
Stockholm, Sweden
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| Full name | Karl Gösta Åsbrink | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1881 Lovö, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 April 1966 (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Gymnastics, modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 the Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to major.[4]
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