Hans Lagerqvist

Born(1940-04-28)28 April 1940

Gothenburg, Sweden

Died22 July 2019(2019-07-22) (aged 79)

Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight73 kg (161 lb)

Hans Lagerqvist

Lagerqvist in 1966
Personal information
Born	(1940-04-28)28 April 1940 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	22 July 2019(2019-07-22) (aged 79)
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault, sprint, long jump
Club	Duvbo IK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5.40i (1972)[1][2] 100 m – 10.8 LJ – 7.07 m[3]
Medal record Representing  Sweden European Athletics Indoor Championships 1972 Grenoble Pole vault World Masters Athletics Championships 1981 Christchurch Pole vault M40 1987 Melbourne Pole vault M45 1991 Turku Pole vault M50 1993 Miyazaki Pole vault M50 1995 Buffalo Pole vault M55 1997 Durban Pole vault M55 1999 Gateshead Pole vault M55 2001 Brisbane Pole vault M60 2003 Carolina Pole vault M60 2004 Sindelfingen (indoors) Pole vault M60 2008 Clermont-Ferrand (indoors) Pole vault M65 2009 Lahti Pole vault M65 2010 Kamloops (indoors) Pole vault M65 2011 Sacramento Pole vault M70 2015 Lyon Pole vault M75

Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (28 April 1940 – 22 July 2019^[4]) was a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics.^[1][5] He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.^[3]

Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.^[6]