Per-Arne Berglund Explained

Birth Date:20 January 1927
Birth Place:Örebro, Sweden
Death Date:6 January 2002 (aged 74)
Death Place:Örebro, Sweden
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:84kg (185lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Javelin throw
Club:IF Start, Örebro
Pb:75.25 m (1951)
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Per-Arne Berglund (20 January 1927 – 6 January 2002) was a Swedish javelin thrower who won a silver medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in tenth place each time. Berglund was ranked first in the world in 1949. He won the Swedish national title in 1950–52 and 1955–57.