Algot Lönn
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| Date of birth | December 18, 1887 |
| date of death | April 3, 1953 |
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Algot Lönn (born December 18, 1887 in Eskilstuna ; † April 3, 1953 ibid) was a Swedish cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .
Athletic career
Lönn was with the Swedish team at the Olympic Summer Games in Stockholm in 1912 in the team classification of the Olympic road race. Ragnar Malm , Axel Wilhelm Persson and Johan Erik Friborg drove with him for Sweden . He was classified in 10th place in the race that was won by the South African Rudolph Lewis . Lönn was the fourth-best Swede (four drivers from each team made it into the team standings) and secured the gold medal with the time he had driven.
Web links
- Algot Lönn in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Algot Lönn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Algot Lönn - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. In: sok.se. December 11, 2002, accessed May 9, 2020 (Swedish).
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| SURNAME | Lönn, Algot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eskilstuna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1953 |
| Place of death | Eskilstuna |