Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (pentathlete)

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
	Oxenstierna at the 1932 Olympics
Personal information
Born	28 August 1899; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	18 July 1995 (aged 95); Täby, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Club	Flottans IF, Karlskrona
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa (28 August 1899 – 18 July 1995) was a Swedish modern pentathlete and naval officer. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3]

Oxenstierna belonged to one of the oldest noble families of Sweden, which is known from the 13th century. In 1917 he became a Navy officer and in 1932 appointed naval attaché in Paris; upon his return to Sweden he was promoted to lieutenant commander. During World War II he served as a defense attaché in London. His enciphered cables to his government were treacherously passed on to the Germans by a code clerk in Stockholm who deciphered them, becoming a major source of naval intelligence to the Nazi regime. He retired in 1954 in the rank of sea captain.^[3]

In 1922 Oxenstierna married Görel Elisabeth Huitfeldt; they had two sons and one daughter. They divorced in 1946, and Oxenstierna remarried the same year.^[3]

References

^ Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna. Swedish Olympic Committee
^ "Olympics Statistics: Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)