Sweden Sprints European Champion. Seven-time national titlist. He won 200 metres in Belgrade. Thirteen days after his victory, he died in a car crash at Vaxjö.
PERSONAL BEST
100m: 10.4 (1962)
200m: 20.7 (1962)
TRIVIA
♦ Played bandy and ice hockey for local 2nd division club Nassjö IF.
♦ A Vaxjö park named after him.
| Championship | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Championships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nordic Athletics Championships | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| International total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Championship | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Athletics Championships | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| National total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Year | Championship | Event | Venue | Place | Mark | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | European Championships | 200m | Belgrade | 1 | 20.7 | CRNR | |
| 1961 | Nordic Athletics Championships | 4x100m | Oslo | 1 | 41.2 | ||
| 1961 | Nordic Athletics Championships | 100m | Oslo | 2 | 10.6 | ||
| 1961 | Nordic Athletics Championships | 200m | Oslo | 2 | 21.6 |
