Georg de Laval

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg de Laval
medal table
Georg de Laval 1912b.jpg

Sports shooting
Modern pentathlon

SwedenSweden Sweden
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Stockholm 1912 Gun 50 m crew
bronze Stockholm 1912 Modern pentathlon

Patrik Georg Fabian de Laval (born April 16, 1883 in Stockholm ; †  March 10, 1970 ibid) was a Swedish athlete who was active in sport shooting and modern pentathlon .

He started at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 and won the silver medal over 50 m with the pistol in shooting with the Swedish team. In the individual, he took fourth place in this discipline. He finished seventh with the rapid fire pistol over 30 m. De Laval also competed in the Modern Pentathlon, in which he completed the all-Swedish podium behind Gösta Lilliehöök and Gösta Åsbrink and thus won bronze.

De Laval was a lieutenant colonel in the Swedish army . His brothers Erik and Patrik were also Olympic marksmen and pentathletes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Georg de Laval in memoriam , samla.raa.se. Accessed January 30, 2020.