Sven Hamrin
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| Full name | Sven Helge Hamrin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1941 Härnösand, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 January 2018 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sven Helge Hamrin (30 March 1941 – 25 January 2018)[1] was a Swedish cyclist who competed in the 1964 Olympics. He finished 50th in the individual road race and won a bronze medal in the team time trial, riding with the Fåglum brothers. The same year, he won the road race at the national championships.[2][3][4]
In 1970, he was involved in an auto accident in Norway, as a result of which he remained in a coma for 40 days.[5] Eventually, he recovered and resumed cycling, even though one of his legs was seven centimeters shorter as a result of multiple surgeries.[5]
References
- ^ "Sven Hamrin har avlidit" [Sven Hamrin has died]. idrottonline.se (in Swedish). 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Sven Hamrin". CyclingArchives.com.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sven Hamrin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Sven Hamrin". SOK.se (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee.
- ^ a b "OS-medaljören en riktig kämpe - svåra bilolyckan stoppade karriären". Allehanda.se (in Swedish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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