Inga Gentzel

Inga Gentzel

Inga Gentzel at the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	24 April 1908 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	1 January 1991 (aged 82) Nyköping, Sweden
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event	100–1000 m
Club	Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	200 m – 27.8 (1929) 800 m – 2:18.8e (1928)
Medal record Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam 800 m Women's World Games 1926 Gothenburg 1000 m

Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics, she set a new world record in this event, broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games.

Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF. She held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and the 800 m in 1928–31.

She worked as a piano teacher in Nyköping and often appeared on the Swedish radio as a member of the vocal group Trio Rita, together with Ulla Castegren and Anna-Lisa Cronström. She was a niece of the actor Ludde Gentzel.

Further reading

• Inga Gentzel at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon