Sven Thorell
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Born | 18 February 1888 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Died | 29 April 1974 (aged 86) Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
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Club | SSS, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||
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Sven Gustav Thorell (18 February 1888 – 29 April 1974) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the mixed one-person dinghy event at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in 1928 and finished ninth in 1932.[1] In 1933–34 Thorell was president of the Swedish Canoe Federation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sven Thorell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Sven Thorell. Swedish Olympic Committee