Karl "Gösta" Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish

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and

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who won a gold medal in the

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and a silver medal in the

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. Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in

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for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912

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, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested

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of the

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. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to a major.Gösta Åsbrink
Swedish Olympic Committee

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1881 births 1966 deaths Swedish male modern pentathletes Swedish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes of Sweden Olympic gymnasts of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Sportspeople from Stockholm Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub