Full name Claes Arne Borg Role Swimmer | Name Arne Borg | |
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Olympic medals Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle Similar People Boy Charlton, Frank Beaurepaire, Alberto Zorrilla, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe | ||
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Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a Swedish swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with Edvin Wide. Next year, at the 1927 European Championships, he set a new world record in the 1500 m at 19:07.2 which stood for nearly 11 years. Besides swimming, Borg also won a European silver medal in water polo in 1926. His twin brother Åke was also an Olympic medalist in swimming.
At the end of his swimming career Borg turned professional and toured with aquatic shows. After that he worked as a swimming coach and ran his tobacco shop in Stockholm.
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