Bo Ekelund
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Born | 26 July 1894 Gävle, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 1 April 1983 (aged 88) Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Yale University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
Club | IFK Malmö | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 1.93 m (1919) | |||||||||||
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Bo Daniel Ekelund (26 July 1894 – 1 April 1983) was a
Stora Grabbars Märke in 1928.[3]
Ekelund retired from competitions in 1921, when he took an engineering job in Shanghai with the company Armerad Betong, eventually becoming its director. After returning to Sweden, he was also active in local politics as a member of the town council. In parallel he acted as a sports administrator, serving as Secretary-General of the Stockholm University Sports Club in 1915, President of the Swedish Athletic Association in 1925–34, and Secretary-General of the
References
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- ^ a b Bo Ekelund Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Bo Ekelund. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Bo Ekelund". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.