Bengt Persson (athlete) explained

Birth Date:31 October 1939
Birth Place:Lövånger, Sweden
Death Date:14 November 2013 (aged 74)
Death Place:Visby, Sweden
Height:1.71m (05.61feet)
Weight:59kg (130lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Steeplechase, 1500–10,000 m
Club:IFK Umeå
Pb:3000 mS – 8:33.8 (1968)
3000 m – 7:57.8
5000 m – 13:48.6
10,000 m – 29:36.2
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Bengt Asbjörn "BP" Persson (31 October 1939 – 14 November 2013) was a Swedish runner. He competed in the steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships, 1968 Summer Olympics, and 1969 European Athletics Championships and placed 9th, 10th and 11th, respectively. Persson won the steeplechase at the Nordic Championships in 1963 and 1965. He was the Swedish champion in the steeplechase (1963–69), 5000 m (1965), 10,000 m (1965), 12 km cross country (1964–66), and 4 × 1500 m relay (1965–67).