Bertil Ohlson

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Bertil Ohlson ( Bertil Gustaf Emanuel Ohlson ; born January 22, 1899 in Kristianstad , † September 6, 1970 in Linköping ) was a Swedish decathlete .

At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 he won the bronze medal in the decathlon behind the Norwegian Helge Løvland and the American Brutus Hamilton . In the pentathlon he was seventh.

In 1922 he became Swedish champion in the decathlon.

Web links

  • Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee
  • Bertil Ohlson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Ohlson, Bertil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ohlson, Bertil Gustaf Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish decathlete
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristianstad
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1970
Place of death Linkoping