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Full name | Karl Algot Lönn | ||||||||||||||
Born | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 18 December 1887||||||||||||||
Died | 3 April 1953 65) Eskilstuna, Sweden | (aged||||||||||||||
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Karl Algot Lönn (18 December 1887 – 3 April 1953) was a Swedish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. [1] He was part of the team, which won the gold medal in the Team road race. In the individual road race he finished tenth. [2]
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Events from the year 1930 in Sweden
Events from the year 1953 in Sweden
Events from the year 1887 in Sweden
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