Great Olympians

Biographies - LJU

Matija Ljubek

Croatia
Canoeing, Canadian (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1976	1980	1984	HP
C1, 500 m	bronze	9th	-	2720
C1, 1000 m	gold	8th	-	6656
C2, 500 m	-	-	gold	4800
C2, 1000 m	-	fourth	silver	4200
				18376

Axel Ljung

Olympic Competitor nr 2879

• 1906-04-25-16:00 - Athletics - 100 m, round one - second (Q)
• 1906-04-25-16:30 - Athletics - Standing Long Jump - fifth (1125)
• 1906-04-25-16:30 - Athletics - 100 m, semifinals - fourth (51)
• 1906-04-30-16:30 - Athletics - 110 m Hurdles round one - third (306)
• 1908-07-15-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Sweden - first (1200)

Karl Ljungberg

Olympic Competitor nr 4560

• 1908-07-27-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race one - fifth
• 1908-07-28-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race two - fourth
• 1908-07-29-12:00 - Sailing - 8 Meter class, race three - first - final ranking second (1500)

Mikael Ljungberg

Sweden
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
-90 kg	fourth			19800
-97 kg			gold
-100 kg		bronze
				19800

Gustav Ljunggren

Olympic Competitor nr 5974

• 1912-07-08-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Standing Long Jump, qualification - 11h (96)

John Arthur Ljunggren

B. 1919-09-09, Sweden
Track and Field (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	HP
20 km Walk			fourth	7th	19th	2001.6
50 km Walk	gold	9th	bronze	silver	16th	16408
						18409.6

In a long career, Ljunggren competed in five Olympiads and four European Championships, and held world records at 30 and 50 km, 20 and 30 miles. He also won the Milan 100 km (1953-4).

written 2002-10-28 - last modified 2011-10-08

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