Bengt Sjöstedt
Bengt Sjöstedt ( Bengt Olof Albert Sjöstedt; born November 2, 1906 in Tenala , † July 16, 1981 in Porvoon maalaiskunta , Porvoo ) was a Finnish hurdler who specialized in the 110-meter distance .
At the Olympic Games he reached the semifinals in Amsterdam in 1928 and in Los Angeles in 1932 . In 1934 he retired from the European Athletics Championships in Turin in advance.
On September 5, 1931, he set the world record in Helsinki with 14.4 s.
Web links
- Bengt Sjöstedt in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Bengt Sjöstedt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Sjöstedt, Bengt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sjöstedt, Bengt Olof Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tenala |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1981 |
| Place of death | Porvoon maalaiskunta , Porvoo |