Carl Johan "Massa" Lind (25 May 1883 – 2 February 1965) was a

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who competed at the

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and

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, missing the 1916 Games that were cancelled due to

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. In 1912 he finished fifth in the hammer throw competition and eighth in the two handed discus throw event. At the

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he won a silver medal in the hammer throw and a bronze medal in the 56 lb weight throw, both times behind Patrick Ryan. At the 1924 and 1928 Games he competed only in hammer throw and finished 7th and 14th, respectively. Lind won 17 Swedish titles: in the hammer throw (1918–1924), weight throw (1918–19, 1921–1927) and discus throw (1910); he was also a four-time British

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Champion in the hammer throw (1913–14, 1921, 1927). In 1912 Lind set a national hammer throw record that stood for 15 years. Lind worked as a policeman in

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and continued competing until the age of 50.Carl-Johan Lind
Swedish Olympic Committee

References

1883 births 1965 deaths Swedish male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Male weight throwers People from Karlskoga Municipality Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic weight throwers Sportspeople from Örebro County {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub