Birth Date: | 11 April 1925 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Date: | 25 August 2002 (aged 77) |
Death Place: | Tyresö, Sweden |
Height: | 185 cm |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Race walking |
Pb: | 20 kmW – 1:33:19 (1957) 50 kmW – 4:18:52 (1956) |
Club: | Stockholms GK |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Åke Wilhelm Söderlund (11 April 1925 – 25 August 2002) was a Swedish racewalking athlete. He competed at the 1952, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best result of 18th place in the 20 km event in 1964.[1]
Söderlund twice competed at the European Athletics Championships, but failed to finish the 50 kilometres race walk.[2] He also took part in the IAAF World Race Walking Cup twice, winning a bronze medal in the 50 km event in 1961 and placing 12th in the 20 km in 1967.[3] [4] Söderlund won three Nordic Race Walking Championships, in the 20 km in 1957 and 1967 and in the 50 km in 1961.[5]
Söderlund later competed in the masters category and won the 25 km event at the 1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships.[6] His twin brother Erik was also an elite racewalker.[1]
1952 | Olympic Games | Helsinki, Finland | 28th | 50 km walk | 5:30:56.6 | |
1954 | European Championships | Bern, Switzerland | — | 50 km walk | ||
1958 | European Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | — | 50 km walk | ||
1960 | Olympic Games | Helsinki, Finland | — | 50 km walk | ||
1961 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Lugano, Switzerland | 3rd | 50 km walk | 4:36:48 | |
1964 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 18th | 20 km walk | 1:36:53 | |
1967 | IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Bad Saarow, East Germany | 12th | 20 km walk | 1:36:02 |