Sport Athletics Weight 68 kg Height 1.76 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Gunnar Tjornebo Events 3000 metres steeplechase | |
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Born 23 March 1927 Tjornarp, Sweden Club IFK Vaxjo, IFK Helsingborg Personal best(s) 3000 mS – 8:41.2 (1961) Died March 15, 2009, Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
Karl Gunnar Alfred Karlsson-Tjörnebo (23 March 1927 – 15 March 2009) was a Swedish long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed at the Olympic Games three times, with a twelfth place in 1952, a fifth place in 1960 and a failure to reach the final in 1956. At home, he won six national championships between 1951 and 1961, and set four Swedish records in his main event.
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