Kjell Holmström
Appearance
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Men's Bobsleigh | ||
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1953 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Four-man |
Kjell Albrekt Oliver Holmström (July 8, 1916 – March 14, 1999) was a Swedish bobsledder who competed in the 1950s and in the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with West Germany) at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Holmström also finished sixth in the four-man event and 15th in the two-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Four years later he finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
At the 1964 Winter Olympics he finished eleventh in the four-man event.
He was born in Skellefteå and died in Stockholm.
References
[edit]- 1952 bobsleigh two-man results
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1999 deaths
- Swedish male bobsledders
- Olympic bobsledders for Sweden
- Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- People from Skellefteå Municipality
- Sportspeople from Västerbotten County
- 20th-century Swedish people
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Swedish winter sports biography stubs