Claes Robert Herman Vidarsson Egnell (29 January 1916 – 15 January 2012)Claes Egnell's obituary
was a Swedish

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

and

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, who competed at the

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and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. In 1948 he finished 24th in the 25 m rapid-fire pistol event. In 1952 he won a silver medal in modern pentathlon with the Swedish team, and placed 11th individually. He also took part in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...

, in the winter pentathlon, which was held as a

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. He suffered a leg fracture in the downhill skiing event and had to withdraw. Egnell also competed nationally in fencing, cross-country skiing, tennis and horse riding. In 1945 he received the

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Sweden, Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury led by the Swedish morning ...

for winning two Swedish modern pentathlon championships. He served as Secretary-General of the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 took place 16–24 February 1974 in Falun, Sweden. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1954. The women's 3 × 5 km relay changed to a 4 × 5 km relay at these c ...

and was a guest of honor at the modern pentathlon World Cup final in

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in 2005.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Egnell, Claes 1916 births 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Örebro Swedish male modern pentathletes Swedish male sport shooters Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen