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24 October 1892 Södra Härene, Vårgårda, Sweden |
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16 February 1979 (aged 86) Särö, Sweden |
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. He and his horse Löke finished sixth in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal with the Swedish jumping team.[1] Later in the 1930 he worked as a senior teacher at a riding school in Copenhagen.[2]
Ståhle became cavalry captain (ryttmästare) in the reserve in 1928.[3]
Awards and decorations[]
- Knight of the Order of the Sword[3]
References[]
- ↑ Åke Thelning. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Åke Thelning. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in Swedish) Sveriges statskalender för året 1950. Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 354. http://runeberg.org/statskal/1950/0354.html.
The original article can be found at Åke Thelning and the edit history here.