Kurt Lundqvist (20 November 1914 – 26 March 1976) was a

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athlete who competed in the

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. He was the 1938

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in the event. He won his first national title in 1933 and established himself as the top Swedish competitor that decade with four further wins at the

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from 1935 to 1938,Medlemmar
. Stora Grabber. Retrieved on 2014-10-18. interrupted only by Nils Bergström. He featured in the top three nationally in 1939, 1941 and 1942. A Swedish record came for Lundqvist in 1937 – his jump of improved Karl Österberg's twelve-year-old mark. In the only major tournament outing of his international career, he won the gold medal at the

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in a near-personal best of . His win at the second edition of this competition marked the beginning of a period of Swedish dominance in that event, with

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, Bengt Nilsson and Rickard Dahl maintaining the European title for Sweden at four of the following five editions. Lundqvist was also Sweden's first ever European champion in a jumping event and the second Swedish European field medallist after

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GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18. For his achievements he was given the

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for

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(the 87th recipient of the award). He did not compete in a major event after 1938 and the onset of

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the year after ended chance at further high level sports competition.Kurt Lundqvist
Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lundqvist, Kurt 1914 births 1976 deaths Swedish male high jumpers European Athletics Championships medalists Place of birth missing 20th-century Swedish sportsmen

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