Thor Henning (13 September 1894 – 7 October 1967) was a

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breaststroke and freestyle swimmer who won a four medals at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. At the 1912 Summer Olympics he came second after German Walter Bathe in the 400 m breaststroke, and in 1920 he was beaten by teammate

Håkan Malmrot Håkan Malmrot (29 November 1900 – 10 January 1987) was a Swedish breaststroke swimmer. He won two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, in the 200 m and 400 m events, both times with Swedish Thor Henning as silver medalist. In 1 ...

in the 200 m and 400 m breaststroke.

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1894 births 1967 deaths Swedish male breaststroke swimmers Swedish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists in swimming SK Neptun swimmers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 19th-century Swedish people 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub

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