Sigvard Hultcrantz

Sigvard Hultcrantz medal table
Sigvard Hultcrantz (ca.1920)
Sport shooting
Sweden
Olympic games
silver	Antwerp 1920	KK standing 50 m (M)
silver	Antwerp 1920	Free pistol 50 m (M)
World championships
bronze	Camp Perry 1913	Free pistol (M)

Sigvard Gustav Emanuel Hultcrantz (born May 22, 1888 in Åmål , † March 4, 1955 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish sports shooter .

successes

Sigvard Hultcrantz took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp in four disciplines. With the free pistol , with 450 points, he failed to rank among the best participants. The team competition was much more successful, in which he scored a total of 2289 points together with Anders Andersson , Gunnar Gabrielsson , Anders Johnsson and Casimir Reuterskiöld . The Swedish team won the silver medal behind the US and ahead of the Brazilian team. In the individual competition with the small-bore rifle, he also missed a top position with 370 points, while he finished second with the team behind the Americans and ahead of the Norwegians and thus won another silver medal. With 382 points, he was the best shooter in the team, which in addition to Hultcrantz also included Ragnar Stare , Leonard Lagerlöf , Erik Ohlsson and Oscar Eriksson . At World Championships in 1913 Hultcrantz won the bronze medal in the team competition with the Free Pistol at Camp Perry .

Hultcrantz held the rank of lieutenant in the coastal artillery of the Swedish Navy at the time of the Games . He was later promoted to major and commanded Nya Elfsborg in the late 1930s .

Web links

• Sigvard Hultcrantz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Sigvard Hultcrantz at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)