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Åke Stenqvist

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Height
  
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Club
  
IK Mode, Stockholm

Event(s)
  
Sprint, long jump


Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
76 kg (168 lb)

Name
  
Ake Stenqvist

Ake Stenqvist

Born
  
31 January 1914
Stockholm, Sweden

Died
  
23 February 1983 (aged 77)Stockholm, Sweden

Åke Valter Stenqvist (31 January 1914 – 12 August 2006) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the 100 m sprint and long jump. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished 10th in the long jump. Later he won a silver medal in the relay at the 1938 European Championships.

Stenqvist held national titles in the long jump (1935–42) and pentathlon (1940–42); he was also an international handball player.

References

Åke Stenqvist Wikipedia


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