 Lagerqvist in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 April 1940 Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 July 2019 (aged 79) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault, sprint, long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Duvbo IK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5.40i (1972)[1][2] 100 m – 10.8 LJ – 7.07 m[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (28 April 1940 – 22 July 2019[4]) was a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics.[1][5] He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.[3]
Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.[6]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Lagerqvist.
- ^ a b Hans Lagerqvist. sports-reference.com
- ^ Hans Lagerqvist. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Hans Lagerqvist 1940-04-28. storagrabbar.se
- ^ "Hans Lagerqvist har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 23 July 2019.
- ^ Hans Lagerqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ World Masters Athletics Pole Vault, World Masters Indoor Pole Vault. wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz
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