Gösta Runö Explained

Gösta Runö
Birth Date:9 December 1896
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:near Linköping, Sweden
Sport:Modern pentathlon
Club:I20 IF, Umeå
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Gösta Otto Runö (9 December 1896 – 13 November 1922) was a Swedish modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]

Runö was a military pilot with the rank of lieutenant. In 1922 he crashed his Phönix D III plane near Linköping and died, aged 25.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Gösta Runö . databaseolympics.com.
  2. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gosta-runo.html Gösta Runö
  3. Web site: Gösta Runö . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/gosta-runo-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . sports-reference.com.
  4. Web site: Gösta Runö . Olympedia . 26 August 2021.