Axel Östrand
Axel Östrand 
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| Full name | Frans Axel Östrand |
| nation |
 Sweden
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| birthday | May 15, 1909 |
| place of birth | Örnsköldsvik , Sweden |
| date of death | May 11, 2005 |
| Place of death | Örnsköldsvik , Sweden |
| Career | |
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| society | IF Friska Viljor |
Frans Axel Östrand (born May 15, 1909 in Örnsköldsvik , † May 11, 2005 ibid) was a Swedish ski jumper .
Career
Östrand, who started for IF Friska Viljor , jumped at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sollefteå in 1934 in singles on the normal hill at 45 and 55 meters. This put him in 20th place.
Two years later he started at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the singles from the Olympic hill, he landed at 61 and 68 meters and thus reached 22nd place.
literature
- Jens Jahn , Egon Theiner : Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping . 1st edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-099-5 .
Web links
- Axel Östrand in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Axel Östrand on The-Sports.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 151
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Östrand, Axel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Östrand, Frans Axel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Örnsköldsvik , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2005 |
| Place of death | Örnsköldsvik , Sweden |