Eric Wennerberg (21 January 1917 in
Landskrona
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– 15 May 2001) was a
Swedish
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bobsled
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der who competed from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the
1961 FIBT World Championships in
Lake Placid, New York
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.
He represented
Djurgårdens IF
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.
[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98898] Wennerberg died 15 May 2001 in
Segeltorp.
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References
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
Sweden Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games
External links
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1917 births
2001 deaths
Swedish male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Sweden
Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Landskrona
Djurgårdens IF bobsledders
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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