Patrik Georg Fabian de Laval (16 April 1883 – 10 March 1970) was a Swedish

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and

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who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. He was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal in the 50 m team military pistol event. Individually he won a bronze medal in the first-contested modern pentathlon. De Laval was born of a Swedish

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. In 1913 he married baroness Ebba

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, the eldest daughter of baron Carl Fleetwood, 10th baron of Jälunda, and his first wife countess Hedvig, née

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. His brothers Patrik and Erik were also Olympic pentathletes.Georg de Laval
Swedish Olympic Committee

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* 1883 births 1970 deaths Swedish male modern pentathletes Swedish male sport shooters Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Sweden Olympic modern pentathletes of Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swedish people of French descent Sportspeople from Stockholm 19th-century Swedish nobility 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-sport-bio-stub

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