Gunnar Tjörnebo Explained

Birth Date:23 March 1927
Birth Place:Tjörnarp, Sweden
Death Date:15 March 2009 (aged 81)
Death Place:Helsingborg, Sweden
Height:1.76m (05.77feet)
Weight:68kg (150lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:3000 metres steeplechase
Club:IFK Växjö, IFK Helsingborg
Pb:3000 mS – 8:41.2 (1961)
Show-Medals:yes

Karl Gunnar Alfred Karlsson-Tjörnebo (23 March 1927 – 15 March 2009) was a Swedish long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed at the Olympic Games three times, with a twelfth place in 1952, a fifth place in 1960 and failed to reach the final in 1956. At home, he won six national championships between 1951 and 1961, and set four Swedish records in his main event.