Göte Augustin Almqvist (25 June 1921 in

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, Sweden - 21 December 1994 in

, Sweden) was a

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player who represented his country at the 1952 Winter Olympics in

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, winning the bronze medal in the team competition. He was born on 25 July 1921 and died on 21 December 1994 in

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. He played his club hockey for

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1921 births 1994 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Skellefteå Municipality Skellefteå AIK players Sportspeople from Västerbotten County {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub