Karl Elof Lindström (17 December 1897 – 29 November 1988) was a
Swedish athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...
who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...
. He was born and died in
Eksjö
Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden, with 9,701 inhabitants in 2010.
History
The city of Eksjö most likely appeared sometime in the Middle Ages when it was the centre for the thing, a regio ...
and was the younger brother of
Gunnar Lindström. In 1920 he finished 13th in the
javelin throw event.
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profile
1897 births
1988 deaths
Swedish male javelin throwers
Olympic athletes for Sweden
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Eksjö Municipality
Athletes from Jönköping County
People from Eksjö
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