Erik de Laval
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 Erik de Laval (1920) |
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Erik Patrick Honoré de Laval (born April 28, 1888 in Stockholm , † November 9, 1973 in Lidingö ) was a Swedish modern pentathlon and military attaché .
Athletic career
He started at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 with his two brothers Georg and Patrik in the modern pentathlon and retired from riding after being disqualified. In contrast to his brothers, he also took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . He won the shooting and the riding discipline, whereby he reached second place in the final result and thus won silver.
Officer career
Before the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Swedish Artillery Regiment in Stockholm. At the beginning of the Second World War he was employed as a military attaché at the Swedish Embassy in Poland . In 1942 he was transferred to Washington, DC , where he held the rank of colonel . In 1948 he was part of a UN mission in Damascus on the occasion of the Palestine War .
De Laval later wrote books on the modern history of Poland and Józef Piłsudski .
Web links
- Erik de Laval in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- www.sok.se - Georg de Laval (Swedish, with picture)
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| SURNAME | De Laval, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Laval, Erik Patrick Honoré (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish pentathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1973 |
| Place of death | Lidingö |