Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His best results were in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and the

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. Alnevik was a career military officer and retired with the rank of Major. After that he worked as a sports official and was a driving force behind promotion of golf in the Gävle area. As of the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, he held the status as the oldest living Olympic medalist. Alnevik contracted

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in 2020 and was able to overcome it, but died from complications of a

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on 17 August 2020.Världens äldsta medaljör på OS död
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* * 1919 births 2020 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Bollnäs Municipality Swedish Army officers Swedish centenarians Swedish male sprinters Men centenarians Deaths from ulcers Sportspeople from Gävleborg County {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub