Olle Bexell
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| Born | 14 June 1909 Luleå, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Died | 6 January 2003 (aged 93) Uppsala, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
| Club | IFK Luleå | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | 6781 (1937)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Karl Olof Alfred "Olle" Bexel (14 June 1909 – 6 January 2003)[3] was a Swedish decathlete. He finished seventh at the 1936 Summer Olympics and won a European title in 1938.[1] Bexell was Swedish champion in the pentathlon in 1938 and in the decathlon in 1935–38. He held the national decathlon record from 1937 to 1966.[4]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olle Bexell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Olof Bexell. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Olle Bexell. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Olof Bexell 1909–2003 Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
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