Bengt Ljungquist

Bengt Ljungquist

Ljungquist at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Bengt Helge Ljungquist
Born	(1912-09-20)20 September 1912 Umeå, Sweden
Died	15 July 1979(1979-07-15) (aged 66) Förslöv, Sweden
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Military career
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1936–1967
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands held	Life Guard Dragoons (1955–59) Life Regiment Hussars (1959–67)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Épée, sabre, foil
Club	Skövde FF Stockholms AF K3 IF, Skövde
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1948 Helsinki Épée, team 1952 Melbourne Épée, team World Championships 1937 Paris Épée, team 1938 Piešťany Épée, team 1947 Lisbon Épée, ind. 1947 Lisbon Épée, team 1951 Stockholm Épée, team 1954 Luxemburg Épée, team

Bengt Helge Ljungquist (20 September 1912 – 15 July 1979) was a Swedish fencer, equestrian and military officer. He competed in various fencing events at the 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver and bronze in the team épée in 1948 and 1952. In 1964 he took part only in mixed dressage events and finished fifth with the Swedish team.^[1][2]

At the world fencing championships Ljungquist won four silver and two bronze medals in the épée in 1937–1954.^[3]

As a United States Equestrian Team coach, Ljungquist guided the US dressage team to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He was inducted into the United States Dressage Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.^[4] He died in Sweden while on a visit from the United States.^[3]

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