Olle Bexell
Swedish decathlete
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Born | 14 June 1909 Luleå, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 6 January 2003 (aged 93) Uppsala, Sweden | |||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
Club | IFK Luleå | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 6781 (1937)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Karl Olof Alfred "Olle" Bexel (14 June 1909 – 6 January 2003)[3] was a Swedish decathlete. He finished seventh at the 1936 Summer Olympics and won a European title in 1938.[1] Bexell was Swedish champion in the pentathlon in 1938 and in the decathlon in 1935–38. He held the national decathlon record from 1937 to 1966.[4]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olle Bexell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Olof Bexell. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Olle Bexell. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Olof Bexell 1909–2003 Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's decathlon
- 1934:
Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)
- 1938:
Olle Bexell (SWE)
- 1946:
Godtfred Holmvang (NOR)
- 1950:
Ignace Heinrich (FRA)
- 1954:
Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1958:
Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1962:
Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1966:
Werner von Moltke (FRG)
- 1969:
Joachim Kirst (GDR)
- 1971:
Joachim Kirst (GDR)
- 1974:
Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
- 1978:
Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS)
- 1982:
Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1986:
Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1990:
Christian Plaziat (FRA)
- 1994:
Alain Blondel (FRA)
- 1998:
Erki Nool (EST)
- 2002:
Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 2006:
Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 2010:
Romain Barras (FRA)
- 2012:
Pascal Behrenbruch (GER)
- 2014:
Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)
- 2016:
Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
- 2018:
Arthur Abele (GER)
- 2022:
Niklas Kaul (GER)
- 2024:
Johannes Erm (EST)
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