Karl-Erik "Cacka" Israelsson (23 August 1929 – 10 January 2013) was a Swedish

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er, who won the national title in 1951 and finished seventh at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was also a notable singer-songwriter in the country music style and an occasional actor.

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1929 births 2013 deaths Swedish male long jumpers Swedish country singers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people Athletes from Stockholm Singers from Stockholm {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub