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Sport
  
Athletics

Name
  
Gudrun Arenander

Personal best(s)
  
40.37 m (1943)

Club
  
IFK Lidingo

Event(s)
  
Discus throw


Gudrun Arenander

Born
  
25 March 1921 (age 103) (
1921-03-25
)
Lovo, Ekero, Sweden

Gudrun Eivor Elisabeth Arenander (née Eklund, born 25 March 1921) is a Swedish former discus thrower. She made her athletic debut at a championship in Gothenburg in 1943, setting her personal best throw of 40.37 m. She became a member of IFK Lidingö in 1944 and placed fourth at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and 12th at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Arenander won the Swedish discus title in 1942–43 and 1945–47 and was the captain of the Swedish women's athletics team. She was also an international handball player. After retiring from competitions she worked as a sports administrator.

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