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Swedish equestrian
Helmer Mörner
Birth name Helmer Fredrik Gustafsson Mörner Born (1895-05-08 ) 8 May 1895
Landskrona , SwedenDied 5 January 1962(1962-01-05) (aged 66) Service/ branch
Swedish Army Years of service 1915–1947
[1] Rank Major
Helmer Fredrik Gustafsson Mörner (8 May 1895 – 5 January 1962), also known as Graf Helmer Morner,
[2] was a
Swedish
horse rider , who won individual and team gold medals in
eventing at the
1920 Summer Olympics .
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[4]
[5]
In 1914 Mörner enlisted to the
Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) in Kristianstad, and served there until 1947 when he became professor at the
Uppsala University . He left no descendants after his death.
[4]
Mörner was preparing for the 1920 Olympics with a Russian horse, but it had to be replaced in the last moment due to a leg injury. The substitute horse was known as Germania , but it was renamed to Geria to avoid bringing up the name of Germany at the first Games after World War I.
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1912 :
Nordlander ,
Adlercreutz ,
Casparsson ,
Åminne (
SWE )
1920 :
Mörner ,
Lundström ,
von Braun ,
Dyrsch (
SWE )
1924 :
van der Voort van Zijp ,
de Mortanges ,
de Kruijff ,
Colenbrander (
NED )
1928 :
de Mortanges ,
de Kruijff ,
van der Voort van Zijp (
NED )
1932 :
Thomson ,
Chamberlin ,
Argo (
USA )
1936 :
Stubbendorf ,
Lippert ,
von Wangenheim (
GER )
1948 :
Henry ,
Anderson ,
Thomson (
USA )
1952 :
von Blixen-Finecke ,
Stahre ,
Frölén (
SWE )
1956 :
Weldon ,
Rook ,
Hill (
GBR )
1960 :
Morgan ,
Lavis ,
Roycroft (
AUS )
1964 :
Checcoli ,
Angioni ,
Ravano (
ITA )
1968 :
Allhusen ,
Meade ,
Jones (
GBR )
1972 :
Meade ,
Gordon-Watson ,
Parker ,
Phillips (
GBR )
1976 :
Coffin ,
Plumb ,
Davidson ,
Tauskey (
USA )
1980 :
Blinov ,
Salnikov ,
Volkov ,
Rogozhin (
URS )
1984 :
Plumb ,
Stives ,
Fleischmann ,
Davidson (
USA )
1988 :
Erhorn ,
Baumann ,
Kaspareit ,
Ehrenbrink (
FRG )
1992 :
Green ,
Rolton ,
Hoy ,
Ryan (
AUS )
1996 :
Schaeffer ,
Rolton ,
Hoy ,
Dutton (
AUS )
2000 :
Dutton ,
Hoy ,
Tinney ,
Ryan (
AUS )
2004 :
Boiteau ,
Lyard ,
Courrèges ,
Teulère ,
Touzaint (
FRA )
2008 :
Thomsen ,
Ostholt ,
Dibowski ,
Klimke ,
Romeike (
GER )
2012 :
Auffarth ,
Jung ,
Klimke ,
Schrade ,
Thomsen (
GER )
2016 :
Laghouag ,
Lemoine ,
Nicolas ,
Vallette (
FRA )
2020 :
Collett ,
McEwen ,
Townend (
GBR )