Gösta Eriksson

Gösta Eriksson
Personal information
Born 26 January 1931 (1931-01-26) (age 87)
Skee, Sweden
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Roddklubben Three Towns
Trollhättans Roddsällskap

Gösta Gunvald Eriksson (born 26 January 1931) is a retired Swedish rower who competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

In 1956 he won a silver medal in the coxed four and finished fourth in the eight competition. Four years later he and his partner Lennart Hansson were eliminated in the repechage of the coxed pair event and in the first round of the coxless pair competition.[1][2]

Eriksson won two more silver medals at the 1955 European Championships, in the coxed four and eight.[3]

References

  1. Gösta Eriksson. sports-reference.com
  2. Gösta Eriksson. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. Rudern – Europameisterschaften – Herren. Vierer m.Stm., Achter. sport-komplett.de


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