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Gösta Åsbrink

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Born
  
18 November 1881 (
1881-11-18
)
Stockholm, Sweden

Sport
  
Gymnastics, modern pentathlon

Club
  
Stockholms GF, Täby I10 IF, Malmköping

Died
  
19 April 1966, Stockholm, Sweden

Olympic medals
  
Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's Individual

Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to a major.

References

Gösta Åsbrink Wikipedia