Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 January 1919 Frölunda, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Died | 14 February 1970 (aged 51) Karlstad, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Örgryte IS, Göteborg | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 57.19 m (1947) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bo Evert Ericson (28 January 1919 – 14 February 1970) was a Swedish hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo with a throw of 56.44 metres. [2] He was also a finalist at the 1948 Olympics in London, but he finished in sixth place with a throw of 52.98 metres. [1] [3]
Ericson twice broke the Swedish national record for the hammer throw–in 1941 with a throw of 56.66 metres and, secondly, in 1947 with a throw of 57.19 metres–and held the record outright from 1941 until 1955. [4] He was a ten-time winner of the hammer throw at the Swedish national championships. [5]