Sport Athletics 1981 Christchurch Pole vault M40 Height 1.82 m | Club Duvbo IK 1987 Melbourne Pole vault M45 Weight 73 kg | |
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Born 28 April 1940 (age 76) ( 1940-04-28 ) Gothenburg, Sweden Event(s) Pole vault, sprint, long jump Personal best(s) 5.40i (1972)
100 m – 10.8
LJ – 7.07 m | ||
Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (born 28 April 1940) is a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics. He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.
Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.
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