Åke Thelning
 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hans Berndt Åke Thelning | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1892 Södra Härene, Vårgårda, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Died | 16 February 1979 (aged 86) Särö, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Horse riding | |||||||||||
| Club | K5 IF, Helsingborg | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
Hans Berndt Åke Thelning (24 October 1892 – 16 February 1979) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He and his horse Löke finished sixth in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal with the Swedish jumping team.[2] Later in the 1930 he worked as a senior teacher at a riding school in Copenhagen.[3]
Ståhle became ryttmästare in the reserve in 1928.[4]
Awards and decorations
[edit]
Knight of the Order of the Sword (1942)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Åke Thelning". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Åke Thelning. sports-reference.com
- ^ Åke Thelning. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 354.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 146. SELIBR 8261599.
External links
[edit]- Åke Thelning at Olympedia
- Åke Thelning at Olympics.com
- Åke Thelning at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
   | This article about a Swedish Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article related to Swedish equestrianism is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1979 deaths
- Swedish Army officers
- Swedish male equestrians
- Swedish show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians for Sweden
- Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- People from Vårgårda Municipality
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Knights of the Order of the Sword
- Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish equestrian biography stubs