Ernfrid Rydberg
{{short description|Swedish pole vaulter}}
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|birth_date= 29 October 1896
|birth_place= Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = 3 December 1976 (aged 80)
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Erik Gunnar Ernfrid Rydberg (29 October 1896 – 3 December 1976) was a Swedish pole vaulter who comepted at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76371 |title=Ernfrid Rydberg |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2021}}
Career
At the 1920 Olympic Games, Rydberg competed in the pole vault event and finished fifth. Rydberg was the national champion in 1920, 1922 and 1924, and set a national record at 3.90 m in 1922.
Rydberg won the British AAA Championships title in the pole jump event at the 1921 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19210702/056/0003 |title=Athletics |work=Northern Whig |date=2 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19210704/131/0006 |title=Where Britain leads |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 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=30 November 2024 }}
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Category:Swedish male pole vaulters
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes from Stockholm
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