Gösta Åsbrink

Gösta Åsbrink
	Gösta Åsbrink running the cross-country leg of the pentathlon competition at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	18 November 1881; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	19 April 1966 (aged 84); Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Gymnastics, modern pentathlon
Club	Stockholms GF, Täby ; I10 IF, Malmköping
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games

Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to a major.^[3]

References

^ "Olympics Statistics: Gösta Åsbrink". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
^ "Gösta Åsbrink Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
^ Gösta Åsbrink. Swedish Olympic Committee