Jan Jönsson (born 27 April 1944) is a Swedish equestrian. He was born in

Motala Motala () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with a municipal population of 43,717 inhabitants in 2024. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and N ...

. He won a bronze medal in individual

eventing Eventing (also known as three-day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where the same horse and rider combination compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...

at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

. He also competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

in Los Angeles. His daughter-in-law is the Finnish rider Piia Pantsu.Meet Pia Pantsu
4 August 2004, Horse and Hound, Retrieved 28 March 2016

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* 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Motala Swedish male equestrians Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub