Lennart Back
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![]() Back circa 1960 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Ellenö , Färgelanda, Sweden | 28 May 1933|||||||||||||
Died | 1 August 2022 | (aged 89)|||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Racewalking | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | 20 km walk | |||||||||||||
Club | Uddevalla Cykelamatörer | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 1:31:13 (1962)[1] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Torsten Lennart Back (28 May 1933 – 1 August 2022)[2] was a Swedish race walker. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km event at the 1958 European Championships and finished sixth at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][3]
He was the silver medallist at the inaugural 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and represented Sweden again at that competition in 1963, 1965 and 1970 (though not winning a medal those times).[4]
References
- ^ a b Lennart Back. sports-reference.com
- ^ Lennart Back död (in Swedish)
- ^ Lennart Back. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ World and Continental Race Walking Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 20 February 2016.
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