Lennart Jonsson
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![]() Lennart Jonsson (left) and Alf Petersson running a relay in 1957 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born | 11 June 1933 Västervik, Sweden | (age 90)||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | 100–400 m | ||||||||||
Club | IF Udd SoIK Hellas Bromma IF | ||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.9 200 m – 21.9 (1960) 400 m – 47.6 (1959)[1][2] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Helge Lennart Jonsson (born 11 June 1933) is a retired Swedish sprinter. He competed in the 200 m and 4 × 400 m relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[1][3] He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1958 European Athletics Championships, as well as the national titles in the 400 m (1959) and 4 × 400 m relay (1958 and 1959). After retiring from competitions he was treasurer of the Swedish Athletics Association for many years.[2]
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