Folke Alnevik

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Folke Alnevik ( Arvid Folke Alnevik ; born December 31, 1919 in Arbrå , Bollnäs municipality ; † August 17, 2020 in Gävle ) was a Swedish sprinter .

At the European Athletics Championships in Oslo in 1946 , he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay together with the Swedish team in the line-up of Alnevik, Stig Lindgård , Sven-Erik Nolinge and Tore Sten .

In 1948 he reached the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in London over 400 m . In the 4 x 400 meter relay , he won the bronze medal behind the relay from the USA and France with the Swedish team consisting of Kurt Lundquist , Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt , Alnevik and Rune Larsson .

Web links

  • Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee
  • Folke Alnevik in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Folke Alnevik
  2. ^ Folke Alnevik - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved August 31, 2020 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Alnevik, Folke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alnevik, Arvid Folke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Arbrå , Bollnäs municipality
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2020
Place of death Gävle