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Born | 31 July 1921 Huddinge, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 2011 (aged 89) Växjö, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Bellevue IK, Stockholm | |||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 3000 mS – 8:59.8 (1948) [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thore "Tore" Ingvar Sjöstrand (31 July 1921 – 26 January 2011) was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He won a bronze medal at the 1946 European Championships and a gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4]
Domestically Sjöstrand won two titles, in 1947 and 1948, and finished second five times. [4] After finishing eighth at the 1950 European championships [2] he retired and moved to Växjö. There he worked as a retailer and died aged 89. [5]