Leif Dahlgren
Swedish decathlete
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Born | 6 February 1906 Lund, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 16 April 1998 (aged 92) Askim, Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Decathlon, hurdles | |||||||||||
Club | SoIK Hellas | |||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Dec – 6565 (1933) 400 mH – 54.7 (1935)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Leif Evert Dahlgren (6 February 1906 – 16 April 1998) was a Swedish decathlete who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but failed to finish.[1][3]
Leif was the Swedish champions in pentathlon (1932, 1933, 1935, 1936), decathlon (1931–34), standing long jump (1933 and 1935) and 400 m hurdles (1934) and held the Swedish record in the standing long jump.[4]
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