Karl-Axel Kennert "Kenneth" Ekman (born 5 May 1945) is a Swedish former professional

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 ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

. He competed as a member of the

Sweden men's national ice hockey team The Sweden men's national ice hockey team () is governed by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called " Big Six", the unofficial group of the six ...

at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside ...

held in Japan.Kenneth Ekman at Sports Reference
/ref> He is grandfather of the hockey player

Oliver Ekman-Larsson Oliver Oscar Emanuel Ekman-Larsson (; born 17 July 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known by his initials "OEL", Ekman-Larsson was selected sixth overall by the ...

and the football player

Amanda Ilestedt Amanda Ilestedt (; born 17 January 1993) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Women's Super League, Women's Super League club Arsenal WFC, Arsenal and the Sweden ...

and a cousin of professional cyclists the

Fåglum brothers The Fåglum brothers were Swedish cyclist Erik, Gösta, Sture and Tomas Pettersson. The brothers won the team time trial World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967–1969 along with a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. They were all ...

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* 1945 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Rögle BK players Swedish ice hockey defencemen Tingsryds AIF players {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub