Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a

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swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with

Edvin Wide Emil Edvin Wide (22 February 1896 – 19 June 1996) was a Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner. Biography Born in Finland as Emil Edvin Hermansson, Wide moved to Sweden in 1918. He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics in ...

. Next year, at the 1927 European Championships, he set a new world record in the 1500 m at 19:07.2 which stood for nearly 11 years. Besides swimming, Borg also won a European silver medal in

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in 1926. His twin brother Åke was also an Olympic medalist in swimming.Arne Borg
sports-reference.com At the end of his swimming career Borg turned professional and toured with aquatic shows. After that he worked as a swimming coach and ran his tobacco shop in Stockholm.
Swedish Olympic Committee His daughter

Inga Borg Inga Maria Borg (25 August 1925 – 24 October 2017) was a Swedish artist and children's book author. She is best known for writing about the fantasy figure Plupp. She was awarded the Elsa Beskow Award for her books about Plupp in 1970. Inga Bo ...

(1925-2017) was a children's book writer.

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