Klas Erik "Nello" Andersson (17 March 1896 – 23 February 1985) was a

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and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed in water polo at the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and finished in third and fourth place, respectively. In 1912 he was eliminated in the first round of the 100 m freestyle swimming event. Andersson was the youngest among four siblings:

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was also a water polo player and swimmer and competed in the same team in 1920.

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was a swimmer, and

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was a diver.

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* 1896 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Stockholm Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male water polo players Olympic swimmers of Sweden Olympic water polo players of Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Stockholms KK water polo players 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-waterpolo-bio-stub

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