Jan Jönsson (equestrian)
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Jan Jönsson (born 27 April 1944) is a Swedish equestrian. He was born in
Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...
. He won a bronze medal in individual
eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Thi ...
at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. He also competed at the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in Los Angeles. His daughter-in-law is the Finnish rider Piia Pantsu.Meet Pia Pantsu
4 August 2004, Horse and Hound, Retrieved 28 March 2016


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* 1944 births Living people People from Motala Municipality Swedish male equestrians Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Östergötland County {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub