Knut Holmqvist
| Knut Holmqvist medal table |
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 Knut Holmqvist (around 1952) |
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 Sweden
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | Helsinki 1952 | Trap |
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| bronze | Oslo 1952 | Trap |
| gold | Oslo 1952 | Trap (M) |
| silver | Caracas 1954 | Trap (M) |
Knut Anders Holmqvist (born July 15, 1918 in Trollenäs , † August 28, 2000 in Rydsgård ) was a Swedish sports shooter .
successes
Knut Holmqvist took part in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki in a trap . He scored 191 points, winning the silver medal behind George Genereux , who scored one more goal, and ahead of Hans Liljedahl , who scored 190 points. In the same year Holmqvist became world champion with the team in Oslo and won bronze in the individual competition. Two years later he secured silver with the team in Caracas . At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , he finished seventh with 178 points.
Web links
- Knut Holmqvist in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Knut Holmqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Knut Holmqvist at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Holmqvist, Knut |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holmqvist, Knut Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trollenäs , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2000 |
| Place of death | Rydsgård , Sweden |