Lennart Back
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 May 1933 (age 91) Ellenö, Färgelanda, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 20 km walk | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Uddevalla Cykelamatörer | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 1:31:13 (1962)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Torsten Lennart Back (born 28 May 1933) is a retired Swedish race walker. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km event at the 1958 European Championships and finished sixth at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
He was the silver medallist at the inaugural 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and represented Sweden again at that competition in 1963, 1965 and 1970 (though not winning a medal those times).[3]
References
- ^ a b Lennart Back. sports-reference.com
- ^ Lennart Back. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ World and Continental Race Walking Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
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