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) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.