Axel Hedenlund

{{short description|Swedish high jumper}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name= Axel Hedenlund

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|birth_date=February 11, 1888

|birth_place= in Borås, Västra Götaland, Sweden

| death_date = April 18, 1919 (aged 31)

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

|sport=Athletics

|event=high jump

|club=IK Borås

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Rolf Axel Andreas Hedenlund (February 11, 1888 – April 18, 1919) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he finished eighth in the high jump competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76182 |title=Axel Hedenlund |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 March 2021}}

Hedenlund finished second behind Con Leahy in the high jump event at the 1908 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000668/19080706/152/0008 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=6 July 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=25 August 2024}}

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