John Sundberg
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 John Sundberg (around 1960) |
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Melbourne 1956 | KK three position fight |
| World championships | ||
| silver | Caracas 1954 | FG kneeling 300 m |
| bronze | Caracas 1954 | KK standing 50 m |
| bronze | Caracas 1954 | FG three position fight 300 m (M) |
| silver | Caracas 1954 | KK three position fight 50 m (M) |
| gold | Caracas 1954 | KK lying 50 m (M) |
| bronze | Caracas 1954 | KK standing 50 m (M) |
| silver | Caracas 1954 | KK kneeling 50 m (M) |
| gold | Cairo 1962 | KK lying 50 m (M) |
Nils Johan "John" Sundberg (born December 20, 1920 in Gävle , † February 10, 2004 in Jättendal ) was a Swedish sports shooter .
successes
John Sundberg took part in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and 1964 in Tokyo . With the free rifle he finished sixth in the three-position fight in 1956, while he secured the bronze medal with the small caliber in the three-position fight with 1167 points as third behind Anatoli Bogdanow and Otakar Hořínek . He was twelfth in the prone position. He finished the 1964 games with the free rifle in the three-position fight in eleventh place, with the small-caliber he finished the competition in the three-position fight in 27th place and in the prone position in 51st place.
In Caracas , Sundberg secured seven medals at the 1954 World Championships . In the kneeling position with the free rifle and in the standing position with the small caliber he won silver and bronze respectively. In team competitions he took third place with the free rifle in the three-position fight and with the small bore in the standing position and second with the small bore in the three-position fight and in the kneeling position. Sundberg was world champion with the small bore team in the lying position. He repeated this success with another title win in 1962 in Cairo .
Web links
- John Sundberg in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- John Sundberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- John Sundberg at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
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| SURNAME | Sundberg, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sundberg, Nils Johan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gävle , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2004 |
| Place of death | Jättendal , Sweden |