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| Full name | Nils Olof Stahre | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1909 Lerum, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 1988 (aged 78) Blentarp, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Horse riding | ||||||||||||||
| Club | T1 IF, Linköping T2 IF, Skövde | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
After the 1952 Games Stahre became a coach and led Petrus Kastenman to the 1956 Olympic gold medal.
Stahre became major in the reserve in 1955.
Awards and decorations
Knight of the Order of the Sword (1954)
References
- Olof Stahre. sports-reference.com
- Olof Stahre. Swedish Olympic Committee
- Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 387.
- Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 142. SELIBR 8261599.
External links
- Olof Stahre at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Olof Stahre at Olympedia (archive)
- Olof Stahre at Olympics.com
- Olof Stahre at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
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