Bertil Sandström

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| caption = Bertil Sandström in the 1920's

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| birth_name = Karl Bertil Sandström

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|11|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gävle, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|12|01|1887|11|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Solna, Sweden

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| branch = Swedish Army

| serviceyears = 1912–1938{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=Swedish |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0750.html |page=734}}

| rank = Major

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| unit = Småland Hussar Regiment (1912–28)
Life Regiment Hussars (1928–?)

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{{MedalSport|Men's Equestrian}}

{{MedalSilver|1920 Antwerp | Individual dressage}}

{{MedalSilver|1924 Paris | Individual dressage}}

{{MedalSilver|1932 Los Angeles | Team dressage}}

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Karl Bertil Sandström (25 November 1887 – 1 December 1964) was a Swedish military officer and horse rider. He competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1932 Summer Olympics in the individual dressage and won silver medals in 1920 and 1924.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12691 |title=Bertil Sandström |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 August 2021}} In 1932 he won another silver in the team dressage. In the individual event he originally placed second, but was moved to the last place for using clicking sounds to control his horse, which was not allowed.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/bertil-sandstrom-1.html Bertil Sandström]. sports-reference.com