Kjell Holmström

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Kjell Albrekt Oliver Holmström (July 8, 1916 – March 14, 1999) was a Swedish bobsledder who competed in the 1950s and in the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with West Germany) at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Holmström also finished sixth in the four-man event and 15th in the two-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Four years later he finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

At the 1964 Winter Olympics he finished eleventh in the four-man event.

He was born in Skellefteå and died in Stockholm.

References

  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1952w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1952 bobsleigh two-man results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
  • Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.

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Category:1916 births

Category:1999 deaths

Category:Swedish male bobsledders

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Sweden

Category:Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Category:People from Skellefteå

Category:Sportspeople from Västerbotten County

Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen

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