Leif Högström
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 Sweden
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 Olympic games
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| gold | Montreal 1976 | Epee team |
 World championships
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| gold | Buenos Aires 1977 | Epee team |
Leif Nils Oskar Högström (born July 4, 1955 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish sword fencer .
successes
Leif Högström became world champion with the team in Buenos Aires in 1977 . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1976 he made it to the final unbeaten in a team competition in Montreal , in which the Swedish team beat Germany 8-5. Together with Rolf Edling , Carl von Essen , Göran Flodström and Hans Jacobson , Högström became Olympic champion . At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he finished fifth with the team.
Web links
- Leif Högström in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1908 : France ( Alibert , Berger , Collignon , Gravier , Lippmann , E. Olivier , Stern ) | 1912 : Belgium ( H. Anspach , P. Anspach , Hennet , de Montigny , Ochs , Rome , Salmon , Willems ) | 1920 : Italy ( A. Olivier , Allocchio , Bozza , Canova , Costantino , Marazzi , A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Thaon di Revel , Urbani ) | 1924 : France ( Buchard , Ducret , Gaudin , Labatut , Lippmann , Liottel , Tainturier ) | 1928 : Italy ( Agostoni , M. Bertinetti , G. Basletta , Cornaggia , Minoli , Riccardi ) | 1932 : France ( Buchard , Cattiau , Piot , Jourdant , Schmetz , Tainturier ) | 1936 : Italy ( Brusati , Cornaggia , E. Mangiarotti , Pezzana , Ragno , Riccardi ) | 1948 : France ( Artigas , Desprets , Guérin , Huet , Lepage , Pécheux ) | 1952 : Italy ( Battaglia , F. Bertinetti , Delfino , D. Mangiarotti , E. Mangiarotti , Pavesi ) | 1956 : Italy ( Anglesio , F. Bertinetti , Delfino , E. Mangiarotti , Pavesi , Pellegrino ) | 1960 : Italy ( Delfino , E. Mangiarotti , Marini , Pavesi , Pellegrino , Saccaro ) | 1964 : Hungary ( Bárány , Gábor , Kausz , Kulcsár , Nemere ) | 1968 : Hungary ( Fenyvesi , Kulcsár , Nagy , Nemere , P. Schmitt ) | 1972 : Hungary ( Erdős , Fenyvesi , Kulcsár , Osztrics , P. Schmitt ) | 1976 : Sweden ( Edling , von Essen , Flodström , Högström , Jacobson ) | 1980 : France ( P. Boisse , Gardas , Picot , Riboud , Salesse ) | 1984 : Federal Republic of Germany ( Borrmann , Fischer , Heer , Nickel , Pusch ) | 1988 : France ( Delpla , Henry , Lenglet , Riboud , Srecki ) | 1992 : Germany ( Borrmann , Felisiak , Proske , Resnitschenko , A. Schmitt ) | 1996 : Italy ( Cuomo , Mazzoni , Randazzo ) | 2000 : Italy ( Mazzoni , Milanoli , Randazzo , Rota ) | 2004 : France ( É. Boisse , F. Jeannet , J. Jeannet , Obry ) | 2008 : France ( F. Jeannet , J. Jeannet , Robeiri ) | 2016 : France ( Borel , Jérent , Grumier , Lucenay )
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| SURNAME | Högström, Leif |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Högström, Leif Nils Oskar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish sword fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |