Bengt Nilsson (athlete)
Swedish high jumper
![]() Bengt Nilsson in the 1950s | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1934-02-17)17 February 1934 Härnösand, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 11 May 2018(2018-05-11) (aged 84) Solna, Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
Club | Westermalms IF | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 2.114 m (1954)[1] | |||||||||||
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Bengt Nilsson (17 February 1934 – 11 May 2018[2]) was a Swedish high jumper. In 1954 he won the Swedish and European titles and set a European record at 2.11 m; later that year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[3]
Nilsson got injured at the 1956 Summer Olympics and finished only 26th.[4] He retired from athletics shortly thereafter.[3]
References
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's high jump
- 1934:
Kalevi Kotkas (FIN)
- 1938:
Kurt Lundqvist (SWE)
- 1946:
Anton Bolinder (SWE)
- 1950:
Alan Paterson (GBR)
- 1954:
Bengt Nilsson (SWE)
- 1958:
Richard Dahl (SWE)
- 1962:
Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1966:
Jacques Madubost (FRA)
- 1969:
Valentin Gavrilov (URS)
- 1971:
Kęstutis Šapka (URS)
- 1974:
Jesper Tørring (DEN)
- 1978:
Vladimir Yashchenko (URS)
- 1982:
Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1986:
Igor Paklin (URS)
- 1990:
Dragutin Topić (YUG)
- 1994:
Steinar Hoen (NOR)
- 1998:
Artur Partyka (POL)
- 2002:
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
- 2006:
Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2010:
Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)
- 2012:
Robbie Grabarz (GBR)
- 2014:
Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
- 2016:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2018:
Mateusz Przybylko (GER)
- 2022:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2024:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
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