Kurt Lundqvist
 Kurt Lundqvist in 1937 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 November 1914 | |||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1976 (aged 61) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1.98 m (1937)[1] | |||||||||||
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Kurt Lundqvist (20 November 1914 – 26 March 1976) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He was the 1938 European champion in the event.
He won his first national title in 1933 and established himself as the top Swedish competitor that decade with four further wins at the
Swedish record came for Lundqvist in 1937 – his jump of 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in) improved Karl Österberg's twelve-year-old mark.[3]
In the only major tournament outing of his international career, he won the gold medal at the
Rickard Dahl maintaining the European title for Sweden at four of the following five editions. Lundqvist was also Sweden's first ever European champion in a jumping event and the second Swedish European field medallist after Harald Andersson.[4]
For his achievements he was given the
athletics (the 87th recipient of the award).[2] He did not compete in a major event after 1938 and the onset of World War II the year after ended chance at further high level sports competition.[1]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurt Lundqvist.
- ^ a b Kurt Lundqvist. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ a b Medlemmar Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish). Stora Grabber. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ High Jump Swedish Record. Swedish Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
European Athletics Championships champions in men's high jump | |
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