Stig Håkansson
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| Born | 19 October 1918 | |||||||||||
| Died | 2000 (aged approximately 81) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, Curling | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, long jump | |||||||||||
| Club | IF Sleipner IF Göta | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m – 10.6 (1944) 200 m – 21.9 (1944) LJ – 7.50 m (1944)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Stig Håkansson(19 October 1918 – 2000) was a Swedish sprinter andlong jumper,who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1946 European Championships; he finished fifth in the individual 100 m and in the long jump. He won the national titles in the 100 m in 1944 and 1946 and in the long jump in 1939, 1944 and 1945.[2][3]
He was also known as acurler:he was 1968Swedish men's curling championand played for Sweden at the1968 World men's championshipwhere Swedish team finished on 4th place.[4]In 1986 he was inducted into theSwedish Curling Hall of Fame.
References
[edit]- ^Stig Håkansson.trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^Stig Håkansson.storagrabbar.se
- ^Sverigebästa genom tiderna i friidrott.Trångsund: Bengt Holmberg/TextoGraf Förlag. 2009.ISBN978-91-977146-3-1,p. 34
- ^"Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)"(in Swedish).Retrieved17 December2019.(look for "Håkansson, Stig" )
