Åke Thelning | |
Full Name: | Hans Berndt Åke Thelning |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1892 |
Birth Place: | Södra Härene, Vårgårda, Sweden |
Death Date: | 16 February 1979 (aged 86) |
Death Place: | Särö, Sweden |
Sport: | Horse riding |
Club: | K5 IF, Helsingborg |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Hans Berndt Åke Thelning (24 October 1892 – 16 February 1979) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He and his horse Löke finished sixth in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal with the Swedish jumping team. Later in the 1930 he worked as a senior teacher at a riding school in Copenhagen.
Ståhle became ryttmästare in the reserve in 1928.[2]