Full Name: | Nils Olof Stahre |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1909 |
Birth Place: | Lerum, Sweden |
Death Date: | 7 March 1988 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Blentarp, Sweden |
Sport: | Horse riding |
Club: | T1 IF, Linköping T2 IF, Skövde |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Nils Olof Stahre (19 April 1909 – 7 March 1988) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.
In 1948 he and his horse Komet won a silver medal in the team eventing, after finishing fifteenth in the individual competition. Four years later they won a gold medal in the team eventing and finished eighth individually.[1]
After the 1952 Games Stahre became a coach and led Petrus Kastenman to the 1956 Olympic gold medal.[2]
Stahre became major in the reserve in 1955.[3]