Sigfrid Lundberg

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Sigfrid Lundberg Road cycling
To person
Full name Ernst Sigfrid Lundberg
Nickname Sigge
Date of birth February 25, 1895
date of death May 19, 1979
nation Sweden
discipline Street
Societies)
approx. 1915 to 1923 IF Thor (Uppsala)
Most important successes
Olympic games
silverTeam time trial 1920
Last updated: January 28, 2013

Ernst Sigfrid "Sigge" Lundberg (born February 25, 1895 in Funbo , † May 19, 1979 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish cyclist .

From the mid-1910s to the 1920s, Sigfrid Lundberg was one of Sweden's best racing cyclists. He was five times Swedish champion in the team classification of the time trial. In 1916 he was also national champion in the individual time trial . In 1923 he won the Skandisloppet , the oldest cycling race in Sweden, which was held for the first time in 1909.

In 1920 Lundberg started at the Olympic Games in Antwerp. In the road race he finished 22nd, in the team classification he won silver together with Harry Stenqvist , Ragnar Malm and Axel Persson .

At the UCI Road World Championships in Liverpool in 1922 , Sigfrid Lundberg was eighth in the amateurs road race .

Remarks

  1. For this team ranking , the times of the best four drivers of a nation were added up.

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