Åke Bergqvist

Åke Bergqvist
Nationality:	Sweden
Birthday:	29th August 1900
Place of birth:	Ronneby , Sweden
Date of death:	March 7, 1975
Place of death:	Stockholm , Sweden
Society:	Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet (KSSS)
Boat classes:	6 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Los Angeles 1932 6 meter class

Åke Carl Magnus Bergqvist (born August 29, 1900 in Ronneby , † March 7, 1975 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Åke Bergqvist, who for the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet sailed, was in 1932 in Los Angeles at the Olympic Games in the 6-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of the boat Bissbi , led by skipper Tore Holm , which won all six races and thus took first place ahead of the only other two boats. The Americans finished all races in second place, the Canadians finished third. In addition to Bergqvist, Olle Åkerlund and Martin Hindorff belonged to the crew of the Bissbi , which belonged to Åkerlund's father Erik.

Web links

• Åke Bergqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Åke Bergqvist at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)