Hans Jacobson (March 17, 1947 – July 9, 1984) was a Swedish

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

, fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal in

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 contain ...

with the Swedish team. He originally won a bronze medal in the modern pentathlon team competition at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

along with

Björn Ferm Björn Bernt Ewald Ferm (born 10 August 1944) is a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won an individual gold medal in 1968. In 1968, his team finished third but was stripped of the bronze medal after ...

and

Hans-Gunnar Liljenvall Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall (born 9 July 1941) is a former Swedish modern pentathlete who caused the disqualification of the Swedish team at the 1968 Summer Olympics for alcohol use. Career Liljenwall was the first athlete to be disqualified at th ...

. However, he was stripped of the medal after Liljenvall failed a drug test (for alcohol). Jacobson represented K1 IF and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name ...

. For Djurgårdens IF, he became the 1974 Swedish champion in individual épée and eight-time champion in team épée.

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* 1947 births 1984 deaths Fencers from Stockholm Swedish male épée fencers Swedish male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers for Sweden Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Djurgårdens IF fencers {{Sweden-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub