Bengt Heyman

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Bengt Heyman sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: August 26, 1883
Place of birth: Stockholm
Date of death: June 3, 1942
Place of death: Stockholm
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Boat classes: 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Stockholm 1912 8 meter class

Bengt Heyman (born August 26, 1883 in Stockholm , † June 3, 1942 there ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Bengt Heyman, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , won the silver medal in the 8-meter class at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . At the regatta taking place in Nynäshamn , the Finnish boat Lucky Girl and the Swedish Sans Atout , whose skipper Heyman was the skipper , came second in a total of two races, so that there was a tie-off between these two boats. In this, the Sans Atout prevailed, whose crew included Emil Henriques , Alvar Thiel , Herbert Westermark and Nils Westermark .

In 1920 Heyman became director of the Swedish Employers' Association.

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