Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 26 March 1911 Perstorp, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 23 April 2001 (aged 90) Sjöbo, Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Javelin throw, decathlon | |||||||||||
Club | IFK Knislinge | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | JT – 75.10 m (1937) Dec – 6268 (1940) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lennart Folke Alfons Atterwall (born Ohlsson, 26 March 1911 – 23 April 2001) was a Swedish javelin thrower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Atterwall won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1935 AAA Championships.
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Atterwall finished fourth in the javelin.
He won the European title in 1946. Atterwall held Swedish titles in the javelin throw (1934–35, 37–41 and 1946), pentathlon (1937) and decathlon (1940).
References
- ^ "Lennart Atterwall". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- Lennart Atterwall. trackfield.brinkster.net
- Lennart Atterwall 1911–2001 Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
- "AAA titles". Daily Herald. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Lovelock Beaten in Mile". Sports Argus. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- Lennart Atterwall. Swedish Olympic Committee
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