Gösta Åsbrink Explained

Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881  - 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of the Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to major.^[4]

External links

• Gösta Åsbrink listed among Swedish Olympic medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Gösta Åsbrink . https://archive.today/20130102091109/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=%C5SBRIG%D6S01 . dead . 2013-01-02 . 2012-06-23 . databaseolympics.com .
2. Web site: Gösta Åsbrink Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gosta-asbrink-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-23 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: Gösta Åsbrink . Olympedia . 1 March 2021.
4. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gosta-asbrink.html Gösta Åsbrink