Gert Arne Blomé (28 August 1934 – 27 January 2021) was a Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fifth and second place, respectively. At the world championships he won one gold (1962), two silver (1963 and 1967) and two bronze medals (1958, 1967). He was a European champion in 1962, finished second in 1958, 1963, 1964 and 1967 and third in 1959–1961 and 1965. Blomé started to play with Gävle GIK in 1956 and won a national title next year. In 1961 he moved to

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and won another Swedish title in 1965, receiving the Guldpucken Award as the best Swedish player. He was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1961, 1962, 1965 and 1967 and was awarded the Stora Grabbars Märke No. 55. He died in January 2021 at the age of 86.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blome, Gert 1934 births 2021 deaths Frölunda HC players Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Ice hockey people from Gävle Gävle GIK players