Gunnar Bergh

Gunnar Bergh
Personal information
Born 20 March 1909
Kinna, Sweden
Died 25 January 1986 (aged 76)
Sätila, Sweden
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put, discus throw
Club Göteborgs Polismäns IF
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) SP – 15.84 m (1936)
DT – 51.72 m (1936)[1][2]

Sten Gunnar Bergh (20 March 1909 – 25 January 1986)[3] was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the shot put and discus throw. He competed in these events at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and seventh place, respectively.[1]

At the 1938 European Championships Bergh won a bronze medal in the discus and finished fifth in the shot put.[1] He won the Swedish titles in the shot put in 1935–42 and 1937–41 and in the discus in 1943–44. Bergh improved the Swedish shot put record several times, and his last record stood for 11 years.[4]

Bergh trained as a boxer before changing to athletics, and worked as a policeman in Gothenburg. His daughter Wivianne also became an Olympic discus thrower.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gunnar Bergh. sports-reference.com
  2. Gunnar Bergh. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. Gunnar Bergh. Swedish Olympic Committee
  4. Gunnar "Kinna-Bergh" Bergh 1909–1986. storagrabbar.se



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