Birth Date: | 19 October 1918 |
Death Date: | 2000 (aged approximately 81) |
Sport: | Athletics, Curling |
Event: | 100 m, 200 m, long jump |
Club: | IF Sleipner IF Göta |
Pb: | 100 m – 10.6 (1944) 200 m – 21.9 (1944) LJ – 7.50 m (1944) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Stig Håkansson (19 October 1918 – 2000) was a Swedish sprinter and long jumper, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1946 European Championships; he finished fifth in the individual 100 m and in the long jump. He won the national titles in the 100 m in 1944 and 1946 and in the long jump in 1939, 1944 and 1945.
He was also known as a curler: he was 1968 Swedish men's curling champion and played for Sweden at the where Swedish team finished on 4th place.[1] In 1986 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.