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.[1] He and his horse Löke finished sixth in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal with the Swedish jumping team.[2] Later in the 1930 he worked as a senior teacher at a riding school in Copenhagen.[3]
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| Full name | Hans Berndt Åke Thelning | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1892 Södra Härene, Vårgårda, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Died | 16 February 1979 (aged 86) Särö, Sweden | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Horse riding | |||||||||||
| Club | K5 IF, Helsingborg | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Ståhle became ryttmästare in the reserve in 1928.[4]
Awards and decorations
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Knight of the Order of the Sword (1942)[5]
References
edit- ^ "Åke Thelning". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Åke Thelning. sports-reference.com
- ^ Åke Thelning. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 354.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 146. SELIBR 8261599.
External links
edit- Åke Thelning at Olympedia
- Åke Thelning at Olympics.com
- Åke Thelning at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
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