Bengt Roland Simonsen (born 23 March 1958 in
Gothenburg,
Västra Götaland) is a retired male
racewalker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...
from
Sweden, who competed in three consecutive
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...
for his native country, starting in 1976.
Achievements
References
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1958 births
Living people
Swedish male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Sweden
Athletes from Gothenburg
20th-century Swedish people
21st-century Swedish people
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