Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 62 kg (137 lb) Name Ingvar Ericsson | Sport Athletics Role Runner Event(s) 1500 m | |
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Born 31 August 1927 (age 96) ( 1927-08-31 ) Rinna, Boxholm, Sweden Club Brandkarens IK, Stockholm | ||
Personal best(s) 1500 m – 3:41.2 (1956) | ||
Ingvar Axel Harald Ericsson (born 31 August 1927) is a retired Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in 1952. At the European championships he was seventh in 1950 and fourth in 1954. Ericsson won the national 1500 m title in 1952, 1954 and 1955 and set a new national record in 1956. He was a firefighter by profession.
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