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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 June 1935
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Sport | Archery |
Rolf Svensson (born 29 June 1935) is a Swedish archer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]
Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 116 competitors, 99 men and 17 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.
Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Earlier in the year, Norway had hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Rolf Johnsson was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908.
Karl Johan Svensson-Sarland was a Swedish gymnast. He was part of the Swedish teams that won gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a civil engineer by trade.
Rolf Strittmatter is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1983 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. He competed as an athlete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the men's 4 × 400 m relay.
Johan Rudolf "Starke Rudolf" Svensson was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in four freestyle and Greco-Roman events in total, and won a gold or silver medal in each of them.
Rolf Bernt Thorsen is a Norwegian former competition rower, world champion and Olympic medalist. He is a recipient of the Morgenbladet Gold Medal and the Thomas Keller Medal. Outside sports, he has assumed various leading administrative positions in the construction business.
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2011, Bengtsson won the Jerring Award.
Konrad Martin Fritiof Svensson was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1920 and finished fifth in 1924. Svensson won a world title in Stockholm in 1922.
Mats Gunnar Svensson is a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 4 × 200 m events and finished fifth in the relay. He won a gold and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.
Rolf Herings was a German javelin thrower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics and football coach.
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 75 to 82.5 kilograms.
Marcus Svensson is a Swedish sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's skeet, finishing in 7th place. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's skeet and finished in second place, earning a silver medal for his native Sweden.
Events from the year 1943 in Sweden
Camilla Marie Svensson-Gustafsson was a female Swedish football defender. She was part of the Sweden women's national football team.
The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 5 August to 7 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 87kg.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.