Harald Axel Fredrik Ljung (31 March 1884 – 5 February 1938) was a Swedish

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

and

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who won an all-around gold medal with the Swedish gymnastics team at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an International sport, international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. Th ...

. He also participated in the 100 m sprint, 100 m hurdles and

standing long jump The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and ...

events at the

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and finished fifth in the long jump.

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* 1884 births 1938 deaths Sportspeople from Stockholm Swedish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Swedish male sprinters Swedish male hurdlers Swedish male long jumpers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub