Sport Horse riding Name Olof Stahre | Role Olympic athlete Died March 7, 1988 | |
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Born 19 April 1909 Lerum, Sweden Club T1 IF, Linkoping
T2 IF, Skovde | ||
Nils Olof Stahre (19 April 1909 – 7 March 1988) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.
In 1948 he and his horse Komet won a silver medal in the team eventing, after finishing fifteenth in the individual competition. Four years later they won a gold medal in the team eventing and finished eighth individually.
After the 1952 Games Stahre became a coach and led Petrus Kastenman to the 1956 Olympic gold medal.
Stahre became major in the reserve in 1955.
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