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16 July 1976 (aged 65) Köping, Sweden |
Gehnäll Persson (21 August 1910 – 16 July 1976) was a Swedish Army fanjunkare and equestrian.
Career[]
Persson was born on 21 August 1910 in Steneby, Sweden, the son of Sven Persson and Bertha Andersson.[1]
He competed in dressage at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won team gold medals in 1952 and 1956; he finished fourth individually in 1956.[2][3]
At the 1948 Olympics the Swedish team won with a wide margin and received gold medals. The team was disqualified in 1949 after it was found that Persson was only a fanjunkare, temporarily promoted to the rank of lieutenant specifically to circumvent the "Officers and Gentlemen only" eligibility rule at the time.[4] Later that year the International Federation for Equestrian Sports relaxed its eligibility rule to allow non-commissioned ranks (and women) to compete.[5][6]
Personal life[]
In 1938, he married Ruth Jansson (born 1914), the daughter of Richard Jansson and Elin Larsson. He was the father of Lars Ove (born 1943) and Anders (born 1951).[1]
Awards and decorations[]
- H. M. The King's Medal[1]
- Swedish Women’s Auxiliary Veterinary Corps' Silver Medal (Svenska Blå Stjärnans silvermedalj)[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harnesk, Paul, ed (1964) (in Swedish). Vem är vem?. 2, Svealand utom Stor-Stockholm (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Vem är vem. p. 651. https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/svea64/0675.html.
- ↑ Gehnäll Persson Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Gehnäll Persson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ 1948 Overwiew. 100 Years of Equestrian Sport in the Olympic Movement. International Equestrian Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016
- ↑ Lynch, Steven. "Who was disqualified from his event at the Olympics because he wasn't of sufficiently high rank in the army?". www.espn.co.uk. http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/57806.html. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ Equestrianism at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Dressage, Team Archived 16 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. sports-reference.com
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