Åke Seyffarth

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Åke Seyffarth Speed ​​skating
Åke Seyffarth 1941
Full name Karl Åke Seyffarth
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday December 15, 1919
place of birth Stockholm ,  Sweden
date of death January 1, 1998
Place of death Mora ,  Sweden
Career
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
EM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 1948 St. Moritz 10,000 m
silver 1948 St. Moritz 1500 m
ISU All-around European Championships
gold 1947 Stockholm All-around
last change: May 29, 2019

Karl Åke Seyffarth (born December 15, 1919 in Stockholm , † January 1, 1998 in Mora , Dalarna County ) was a Swedish speed skater .

Career

At the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1948 , he was Olympic champion over 10,000 m and won the silver medal over 1,500 m. He finished 7th over 5,000 m.

A year earlier, Seyffarth, who trained in Switzerland during the Second World War and had set two world records there, won the first all-around European championship after the Second World War.

successes

  • 1947: European champions in all-around competition
  • 1948: Olympic gold medal over 10,000 m, silver medal over 1,500 m.

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personal data
SURNAME Seyffarth, Åke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seyffarth, Karl Åke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1998
Place of death Mora (Sweden)