Gösta Eriksson
 Eriksson between 1956 and 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 26 January 1931 Skee, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 2024 (aged 93) Trollhättan, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Roddklubben Three Towns Trollhättans Roddsällskap | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Gösta Gunvald Eriksson (26 January 1931 – 21 August 2024) was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Eriksson was born on 26 January 1931, in Little Skee, Sweden, outside Strömstad.[1]
Career
[edit]Olympic Competitions
[edit]In the 1956 Summer Olympics, held in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden, he won a silver medal in the coxed four and finished fourth in the eight competition.[2] Four years later, at the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy, he and his partner Lennart Hansson were eliminated in the repechage of the coxed pair event and in the first round of the coxless pair competition.[3][4][5]
European Championship
[edit]Eriksson won two more silver medals at the 1955 European Championships, in the coxed four and eight.[6]
Death
[edit]Eriksson died in Trollhättan on 21 August 2024, at the age of 93.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gösta Eriksson - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté". sok.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Gösta Eriksson. sports-reference.com
- ^ Gösta Eriksson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Rome 1960 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften – Herren. Vierer m.Stm., Achter. sport-komplett.de
- ^ "Gösta Eriksson (93 år) Trollhättan | Ratsit". www.ratsit.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Gösta Eriksson | Minnessida". Minnesider (in Swedish). 20 September 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Gösta Eriksson at World Rowing
- Gösta Eriksson at Olympics.com
- Gösta Eriksson at Olympedia
- Gösta Eriksson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
   | This article about a Swedish Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to Swedish rowing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1931 births
- 2024 deaths
- Swedish male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Sweden
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- 20th-century Swedish people
- Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County
- People from Strömstad Municipality
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish rowing biography stubs