Erik Ohlsson (marksman)

Erik Ohlsson medal table
Sport shooting
Sweden
Olympic games
silver	Antwerp 1920	KK standing 50 m (M)
bronze	Antwerp 1920	AG lying 600 m (M)
World championships
silver	Milan 1927	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
silver	Loosduinen 1928	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
bronze	Stockholm 1929	FG three position fight 300 m (M)

Per Erik Fabian "Pågen" Ohlsson (born November 20, 1884 in Malmö , † September 19, 1980 ibid) was a Swedish sports shooter .

successes

Erik Ohlsson took part in three Olympic Games . In 1908 he completed the three-position fight with the free rifle in London in 28th place and the competition with the free rifle over the 1000-yard distance with 43rd place. Four years later in Stockholm with the army rifle in the individual competition he did not get beyond the 28th place in any position and the 21st place in the three-position fight. At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , he was eighth in the prone position with the army rifle. In the team competition he took bronze with Erik Blomqvist , Mauritz Eriksson , Hugo Johansson and Gustaf Adolf Jonsson behind the US and South African teams. With 57 points he was the fourth best shooter in Sweden. In the individual competition with the small bore rifle, he missed a top position with 381 points, while he and the team took second place behind the Americans and ahead of the Norwegians and thus won the silver medal. With 381 points, he was the second best shooter in the team, which included Ragnar Stare , Sigvard Hultcrantz , Leonard Lagerlöf and Oscar Eriksson in addition to Ohlsson .

In 1927 in Milan and in 1928 in Loosduinen , Ohlsson was runner-up in the three-position team competition with the free rifle . In 1929 he finished third with the team in Stockholm.

Web links

• Erik Ohlsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Erik Ohlsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)