Owe Jonsson
Jonsson in 1961 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 23 November 1940[1] Albacken, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 29 September 1962 (aged 21) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||
Club | IFK Växjö[2] | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 200 m – 20.7 (1962)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Owe Jonsson (23 November 1940 – 29 September 1962) was a Swedish sprinter, ice hockey player and bandy player.
Jonsson mostly competed in 100–400 m sprint events, winning seven national titles in 1960–1962. His favorite distance was 200 m, in which he broke the Swedish national record six times and won the European champion title in Belgrade in September 1962. Less than two weeks after that he died in a car accident on the road between his hometown, Växjö and Alvesta. A street near the athletics track in Växjö is named after him. Besides athletics, Jonsson also played ice hockey and bandy for Nässjö IF.[2]
References
- ^ a b Owe Jonsson. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Owe Jonsson 1940–1962. storagrabbar.se
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- 1934: Chris Berger (NED)
- 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED)
- 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS)
- 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR)
- 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG)
- 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG)
- 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE)
- 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA)
- 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI)
- 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS)
- 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR)
- 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS)
- 1990: John Regis (GBR)
- 1994: Geir Moen (NOR)
- 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR)
- 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)
- 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR)
- 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
- 2012: Churandy Martina (NED)
- 2014: Adam Gemili (GBR)
- 2016: Bruno Hortelano (ESP)
- 2018: Ramil Guliyev (TUR)
- 2022: Zharnel Hughes (GBR)
- 2024: Timothé Mumenthaler (SUI)
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