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

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swimmer and

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player. He competed in water polo at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics 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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