Bo Evert Ericson (28 January 1919 – 14 February 1970) was a Swedish

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

er who won a gold 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 ...

in Oslo with a throw of 56.44 metres. He was also a finalist at the 1948 Olympics in London, but he finished in sixth place with a throw of 52.98 metres. Ericson twice broke the Swedish national record for the hammer throw–in 1941 with a throw of 56.66 metres and, secondly, in 1947 with a throw of 57.19 metres–and held the record outright from 1941 until 1955. He was a ten-time winner of the hammer throw at the Swedish national championships.

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1919 births 1970 deaths Athletes from Gothenburg Swedish male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Örgryte IS Friidrott athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub