Ragnar Olof Jakob Stenberg (14 June 1887 – 6 December 1954) was a Finnish sprinter and a sports leader.

Athletics

Olympic Games

He was injured during the Finnish Olympic trials of 1908, but was selected based on his performance the previous year. He was a board member of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1919–1920 and 1923–1926.

National

He is credited with two Finnish record times in 400 metres: * 9 September 1906, he tied the current record with 52.4 seconds * 31 August 1908, his time 53.0 is noted as a national record In the Finnish Championships in Athletics, he won a five golds: * 400 metres: 1907 * 110 metre hurdles: 1907 and 1909 * combined running championship: 1907 and 1909

Other

Stenberg was a member of the

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

Council in 1921–1926. He was the chairman of the track and field athletics chapter of the Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation, the predecessor of the

Finnish Athletics Federation Finnish Athletics Federation ( fi, Suomen Urheiluliitto ry, abbr. SUL; sv, Finlands Friidrottsförbund rf) is the governing body of athletics in Finland. It was separated from the Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation in 1932. Today SUL has ...

, in 1914–1915 and 1919–1922. He was a manager of Clas Thunberg.

Personal

His parents were father Jakob Esaias Stenberg and mother Anna Maria Brofeldt. His brother R. E. Stenberg was also a sprinter, who broke the Finnish record for 4 × 100 metres relay in 1917. He graduated as a licentiate of dentistry in 1914. His practice was in Helsinki.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenberg, Ragnar 1887 births 1954 deaths Athletes from Helsinki Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Finnish male sprinters