Gösta Åsbrink
Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]
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Born | (1881-11-18)18 November 1881 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died | 19 April 1966(1966-04-19) (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden |
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Sport | Gymnastics, modern pentathlon |
Club | Stockholms GF, Täby I10 IF, Malmköping |
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Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to a major.[4]