Birth Date: | 8 December 1928 |
Birth Place: | Forshem, Sweden |
Death Date: | 23 March 1991 (aged 62) |
Death Place: | Örebro, Sweden |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 400 m, 800 m |
Club: | Örebro SK |
Pb: | 400 m – 47.4 (1953) 800 m – 1:50.0 (1952) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lars-Erik Ragnar Wolfbrandt (8 December 1928 – 23 March 1991) was a Swedish sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won two more bronze medals at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he competed in the 400 m, 800 m and 4 × 400 m relay; he finished eighth in the 800 m and failed to reach the finals in the 400 m events.
Nationally Wolfbrandt won five Swedish titles, in the 200 m (1948–49) and 400 m (1949–50 and 1954). His brother Herold was an association football player.