Karl Gösta Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish

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and

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who won a gold medal in the

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and a silver medal in the

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. Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in

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for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912

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, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested

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of the

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. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of the Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to major.Gösta Åsbrink
Swedish Olympic Committee

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* 1881 births 1966 deaths Swedish male modern pentathletes Swedish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Modern pentathletes from Stockholm Gymnasts from Stockholm Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub