Hans Lagerqvist

Hans Lagerqvist
Dick Railsback and Lagerqvist (right) in 1967
Personal information
Born 28 April 1940 (1940-04-28) (age 78)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault, sprint, long jump
Club Duvbo IK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 5.40i (1972)[1][2]
100 m – 10.8
LJ – 7.07 m[3]
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
European Athletics Indoor Championships
1972 GrenoblePole vault
World Masters Athletics Championships
1981 ChristchurchPole vault M40
1987 MelbournePole vault M45
1991 TurkuPole vault M50
1993 MiyazakiPole vault M50
1995 BuffaloPole vault M55
1997 Durban Pole vault M55
1999 GatesheadPole vault M55
2001 BrisbanePole vault M60
2003 CarolinaPole vault M60
2004 SindelfingenPole vault M60
(indoors)
2008 Clermont-FerrandPole vault M65
(indoors)
2009 LahtiPole vault M65
2010 KamloopsPole vault M65
(indoors)
2011 SacramentoPole vault M70
2015 LyonPole vault M75

Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (born 28 April 1940) is a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics.[1][4] He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.[3]

Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Hans Lagerqvist. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Hans Lagerqvist. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. 1 2 Hans Lagerqvist 1940-04-28. storagrabbar.se
  4. ↑ Hans Lagerqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
  5. ↑ World Masters Athletics Pole Vault, World Masters Indoor Pole Vault. wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz



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