Hans Lennart Olofsson Strandberg (26 March 1915 – 23 December 1989) was a

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sprinter. He specialized in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

event, in which he won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships and finished sixth at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1938, he also won a silver medal with the Swedish 4 × 100 m relay team. Strandberg held Swedish titles in the 100 m (1934–38, 1940–43, 1945 and 1947), 200 m (1934–45), 4 × 100 m (1934–38, 1942–44, 1946–47 and 1950–52) and 4 × 400 m events (1935, 1937 and 1939). His 1936 Swedish record in the 100 m equaled the world record. His son Bobby was a national sprint coach in the 1960s.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strandberg, Lennart 1915 births 1989 deaths Swedish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people