Per-Owe Trollsås Explained

Birth Date:18 January 1933
Birth Place:Vaplan, Sweden
Death Date:5 November 2000 (aged 67)
Death Place:Järfälla, Sweden
Height:1.69m (05.54feet)
Weight:60kg (130lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:100–800 m, hurdles
Club:Näldens IF
Stockholms Studenters IF
Bromma IF
Pb:100 m – 10.6
200 m – 21.6
400 m – 47.6 (1958)
800 m – 1:55.0
110 mH – 15.3
400 mH – 51.0 (1958)
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Per-Owe "Trollet" Trollsås (18 January 1933 – 5 November 2000) was a Swedish sprinter who won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1958 European Athletics Championships, setting a national record in the semifinal. He competed in the 400 m hurdles and 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. Trollsås won national titles in the 100 m (1952–53), 400 m hurdles (1957–60) and 4 × 400 m relay (1958). After retiring from competitions he served as vice-chairman of the Stora Grabbars Association for many years.