Knut Holmqvist

{{Short description|Swedish sport shooter (1918–2000)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|7|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Trollenäs, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|8|28|1918|7|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rydsgård, Sweden

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| sport = Sport shooting

| club = Skånes JSK, Malmö

| event = Olympic trap

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{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | Trap, individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|World championships}}

{{MedalGold|1952 Oslo|Trap, team}}

{{MedalBronze|1952 Oslo|Trap, individual}}

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Knut Holmqvist (15 July 1918 – 28 August 2000) was a Swedish sport shooter. He competed in trap shooting at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in second and seventh place, respectively. He won a team gold and an individual bronze medal at the 1952 World Championships.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/knut-holmqvist-1.html Knut Holmqvist]. sports-reference.com

[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/k/knuth-holmqvist.html Knuth Holmqvist]. Swedish Olympic Committee

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Category:1918 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:Swedish male sport shooters

Category:Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Category:Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic shooters for Sweden

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Sweden

Category:Olympic medalists in shooting

Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen

Category:21st-century Swedish people

Category:People from Eslöv Municipality

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