Gustaf Dyrssen

Gustaf Dyrssen medal table
Gustaf Dyrssen
Modern pentathlon , fencing
Sweden
Olympic games
gold	1920 Antwerp	Modern pentathlon
silver	1924 Paris	Modern pentathlon
silver	1936 Berlin	Fencing (epee, team)

Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen (born November 24, 1891 in Stockholm ; † May 13, 1981 in Kungsängen ) was a Swedish lieutenant general and athlete who was able to celebrate successes in modern pentathlon and fencing .

Dyrssen first took part in the 1920 Olympic Games and won the gold medal in the modern pentathlon. Four years later he won the silver medal in the same discipline, gold went to his compatriot Bo Lindman . Dyrssen also took part in fencing in the epee competition in 1924, but could not win a medal with the team. He also took part in the Olympic Games in 1928 in the epee singles and with the team, but could not win a medal in Amsterdam either. Only at the Olympic Games in 1936, in which he again took part in the individual and with the team in the epee competitions, was he able to win the silver medal with the team.

From 1936 to 1940 he was President of the Swedish Fencing Association and from 1949 to 1960 President of the International Modern Pentathlon Association, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), which he founded in 1948 together with Sven Thofelt .

Web link

• Gustaf Dyrssen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )