Lars Gösta Haglund (born 22 May 1940) is a retired Swedish

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er who competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. In 1965 he won the discus throw at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

and British AAA Athletics Championships. Haglund was the Swedish champion in the discus in 1962–66 and held multiple national records in this event.

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1940 births Living people Swedish male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Sweden Athletes from Stockholm Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub