Nils Olof Stahre (19 April 1909 – 7 March 1988) was a

Swedish Army The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vas ...

officer and

horse rider Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...

who competed in the

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. In 1948 he and his horse ''Komet'' won a silver medal in the team eventing, after finishing fifteenth in the individual competition. Four years later they won a gold medal in the team eventing and finished eighth individually. After the 1952 Games Stahre became a coach and led

Petrus Kastenman Lars Petrus Ragnar Kastenman, né ''Kahlsson'' (15 August 1924 – 10 June 2013) was a Swedish Army officer and equestrian who won an individual gold medal in ''eventing'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Early life Kastenman was born on ...

to the 1956 Olympic gold medal.Olof Stahre
Swedish Olympic Committee Stahre became major in the reserve in 1955.

Awards and decorations

Knight of the Order of the Sword (1954)

References

External links

Olof Stahre at databaseOlympics.com
1909 births 1988 deaths Swedish Army officers Swedish event riders Olympic equestrians for Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Knights of the Order of the Sword People from Lerum Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub