Åke Edvard Grönhagen (24 January 1885 – 25 December 1974) was a Swedish

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, laser pistol shooting, and cross country running. The sport wa ...

and

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

fencer who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. He finished fourth in the Olympic modern pentathlon, and was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée competition. Grönhagen's grandson, Carl William "Bill" Gronhagen, was an air traffic controller at Los Angeles International Airport.

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* 1885 births 1974 deaths Swedish male modern pentathletes Swedish male épée fencers Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Olympic fencers for Sweden Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande fencers Fencers from Stockholm {{Sweden-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub