Folke Alnevik
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Full name | Arvid Folke Alnevik | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Arbrå, Sweden | 31 December 1919||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 August 2020 Gävle, Sweden | (aged 100)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | I14 IF, Gävle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 400 m – 48.1 (1947)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His best results were in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Alnevik was a career military officer and retired with the rank of Major. After that he worked as a sports official and was a driving force behind promotion of golf in the Gävle area.[3] As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, he held the status as the oldest living Olympic medalist.[4]
Alnevik contracted COVID-19 in 2020 and was able to overcome it, but died from complications of a bedsore on 17 August 2020.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Folke Alnevik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
- ^ Folke Alnevik. trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ Folke Alnevik. Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^ World's oldest Olympic champion dies aged 100
- ^ World's oldest living Olympic medallist Alnevik passes away aged 100
- ^ Folke Alnevik death notice
- ^ Världens äldsta medaljör på OS död
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- People from Bollnäs Municipality
- Swedish Army officers
- Swedish centenarians
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