Tage Ekfeldt
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Born14 June 1926
Kuddby, Norrköping, Sweden
Died28 December 2005 (aged 79)
Skövde, Sweden
SportAthletics
Event(s)
400 m, 800 m Tage Ekfeldt (left) and Gösta Brännström in 1952 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 June 1926 Kuddby, Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 December 2005 (aged 79) Skövde, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m, 800 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Örebro SK | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400 m – 47.6 (1952) 800 m – 1:49.0 (1953)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tage Henning Ekfeldt (14 June 1926 – 28 December 2005) was a Swedish sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, together with Gösta Brännström, Rune Larsson and Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt. They failed to reach the final at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and finished fourth at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.[1][3] Ekfeldt won the national titles in the 400 m (1952), 800 m (1952 and 1953) and 4 × 400 m (1952 and 1953). In 1953 he set a new national record in the 800 m.[4]
