Karl Bertil Sandström (25 November 1887 – 1 December 1964) was a Swedish military officer and

horse rider The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

. He competed at the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

and

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

in the individual dressage and won silver medals in 1920 and 1924. In 1932 he won another silver in the team dressage. In the individual event he originally placed second, but was moved to the last place for using clicking sounds to control his horse, which was not allowed.Bertil Sandström
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1887 births 1964 deaths Swedish dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in equestrian Sportspeople from Gävle Swedish Army officers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub