Olle Oskar Axelsson (December 1, 1913 – September 15, 1980) was a

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bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the two-man event at

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

. Four years later he finished 16th in the four-man event as well as 17th in the two-man event at the

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. He was born and died in

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1952 bobsleigh two-man results
1913 births 1980 deaths Swedish male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Sweden Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics Bobsledders from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-bobsleigh-bio-stub