Bo Lindman (8 February 1899 – 30 July 1992) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. He participated at the

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

and

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

and won one gold and two silver medals; in 1932 he also competed in the individual

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

fencing event. Lindman was the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Lindman was the Nordic Champion in 1923 and Swedish champion in 1923 and 1924 in modern pentathlon. Between 1936 and 1946 he headed the Athletics Federation of Sweden, and in 1949 became

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of the

Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne The ''Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne'' ( en, International Modern Pentathlon Union), commonly known by the acronym UIPM, has been the international governing body of modern pentathlon since its foundation in London in 1948. Its head ...

. Lindman was a career military officer, retiring in the rank of

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. He later became director of the Swedish Transport Association.Bo Lindman

Swedish Olympic Committee The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) ( sv, Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the " ...

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1899 births 1992 deaths Swedish male épée fencers Swedish male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers of Sweden Olympic modern pentathletes of Sweden Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1924 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1928 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Sportspeople from Stockholm Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub