Gustaf Lewenhaupt Explained

Gustaf Lewenhaupt
Birth Name:Carl Gustaf Sixtensson Lewenhaupt
Birth Date:20 August 1879
Birth Place:Örebro, Sweden
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance:Sweden
Branch:Swedish Army
Serviceyears:1902 - 1932[1]
Rank:Major
Unit:Life Guards of Horse
Laterwork:Cabinet chamberlain

Carl Gustaf Sixtensson Lewenhaupt (20 August 1879 – 7 August 1962) was a Swedish Count, officer, courtier, horse rider and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]

In the equestrian jumping event he finished ninth individually (tied with his brother Charles Lewenhaupt) and won the gold medal with the Swedish team. He placed seventeenth in the modern pentathlon competition.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Burling . Ingeborg . 1962 . Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 . Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963 . Stockholm . Norstedt . sv . 627 . 4 December 2015 . 8 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208200006/http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1963/0643.html . live .
  2. Web site: Gustaf Lewenhaupt . Olympedia.org . . 13 May 2021 . 13 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513190547/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/35070 . live .
  3. Gustaf Lewenhaupt . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/gustaf-lewenhaupt-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 June 2012.
  4. Web site: Gustaf Lewenhaupt . SOK.se . . 15 February 2016 . 23 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223112839/http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gustaf-lewenhaupt.html . live .