Inga Gentzel
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sportsperson 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.[1][2]
Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF.[3] She held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and the 800 m in 1928–31.[4]
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.[2]
References
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- ↑ a b Inga Gentzel. Swedish Olympic Committee
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- ↑ Inga Gentzel-Dahlgren 1908–1991. storagrabbar.se
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- 1908 births
- 1991 deaths
- Swedish female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Women's World Games medalists
- Athletes from Stockholm
- Djurgårdens IF athletes
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century Swedish sportswomen