Rolf Edling
 Rolf Edling in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 November 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LUGI, Lund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolf Erik Sören Edling (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish épée fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympic Games and won a team gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980.[1][2]
Edling was born in India, where his father was worked for the ASEA company. He then moved to Sweden and started fencing at a boarding school in Sigtuna. Between 1969 and 1978 he won ten medals at the world championships, including five gold medals. In 1973 he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[3]
Awards
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Swedish Fencing Federation Royal Medal of Merit in gold (Svenska fäktförbundets kungliga förtjänstmedalj i guld) (2012)[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rolf Edling". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Rolf Edling". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ Rolf Edling. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ "Högsta utmärkelse, personer" (in Swedish). Swedish Fencing Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rolf Edling.
- Rolf Edling at Olympedia
- Rolf Edling at Olympics.com
- Rolf Edling at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mumbai
- Swedish male épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for Sweden
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- World Fencing Championships medalists