Hans Granfelt (26 October 1897 – 5 September 1963) was a Swedish fencer and discus thrower. At the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

he competed in the discus throw and served as the Swedish flag bearer.Sweden
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1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

he competed in the individual and team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

and won a team silver medal.Hans Granfelt
Swedish Olympic Committee His brothers

Nils Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

and Erik were Olympic gymnasts, and his nephew

Nils Rydström Nils Rydström (15 September 1921 – 20 September 2018) was a Swedish foil fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

became an Olympic fencer.

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* 1897 births 1963 deaths Fencers from Stockholm Athletes from Stockholm Swedish male épée fencers Swedish male discus throwers Olympic fencers for Sweden Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande fencers IFK Stockholm athletes {{Sweden-fencing-bio-stub