Gösta Otto Runö (9 December 1896 – 13 November 1922) was a Swedish

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who won a bronze medal at the

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. Runö was a military pilot with the rank of

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. In 1922 he crashed his Phönix D III plane near

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and died, aged 25.

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1896 births 1922 deaths Swedish male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Modern pentathletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Modern pentathletes from Stockholm Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1922 Swedish Air Force officers {{Sweden-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Sweden