Bertil Johnsson (23 December 1915 – 2010) was a leading Swedish long and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er of the 1940s. He had his best results in the triple jump, in which he won the national title in 1943 and a silver medal at the

1946 European Athletics Championships The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsson, Bertil 1915 births 2010 deaths Swedish male triple jumpers European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen