Åke Stenqvist Explained

Åke Stenqvist
Full Name:Åke Valter Stenqvist
Birth Date:31 January 1914
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Date:23 February 1983 (aged 77)
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Height:1.81m (05.94feet)
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint, long jump
Club:IK Mode, Stockholm
Pb:100 m – 10.7 (1938)
LJ – 7.47 m (1937)
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Åke Valter Stenqvist (31 January 1914 – 12 August 2006) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the 100 m sprint and long jump. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished 10th in the long jump. Later he won a silver medal in the relay at the 1938 European Championships.

Stenqvist held national titles in the long jump (1935–42) and pentathlon (1940–42); he was also an international handball player.