Carl Sandblom

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Carl Sandblom sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: August 21, 1908
Place of birth: Oslo , Norway
Date of death: June 1, 1984
Place of death: Nice , France
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Boat classes: 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze Amsterdam 1928 8 m class

Carl Gustav Sandblom (born August 21, 1908 in Oslo , Norway , † June 1, 1984 in Nice , France ) was a Swedish sailor .

Career

Carl Sandblom, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , won the bronze medal in the 8-meter class at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam . He was a crew member of the Sylvia , which had two victories in seven races and was third behind the French boat L'Aile VI and the Dutch on the Hollandia . The Swedes and the Dutch came first twice with the Sylvia and, like the Hollandia , reached second place twice, but ultimately the number of third places in theHollandia amounted to three times, while Sylvia only once. The crew of Sylvia , led by skipper Clarence Hammar , also included his father John Sandblom and his brother Philip Sandblom as well as Tore Holm and Wilhelm Törsleff .

Sandblom was a lawyer . He taught commercial law and worked for the public prosecutor for several years. From 1953 to 1968 Sandblom held the office of mayor in Nyköping .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sandblom, Carl . In: Sten Lagerström, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1969 . 29th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1968, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 833 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Sandblom, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandblom, Carl Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1984
Place of death Nice , France