Åke Vilhelm Bertil Hallgren (21 August 1918 – 17 June 2005) was a Swedish

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er. He competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

and finished in ninth place. He won the national titles in 1940, 1941 and 1945.

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1918 births 2005 deaths Swedish male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lidköping Athletes from Västra Götaland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub