Karl Gustaf Lennart Moberg (26 December 1918 – 5 February 1991) was a Swedish

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

and

1950 European Athletics Championships The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results ...

and finished in 13th and 6th place, respectively. Moberg held the Swedish triple jump title in 1948 and 1949. In 1948 he beat

Arne Åhman Per Arne Åhman (4 February 1925 – 5 July 2022) was a Swedish athlete who won the triple jump event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an int ...

, who became an Olympic champion later that year.

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1918 births 1991 deaths Swedish male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dalarna County SoIK Hellas athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub