Rolf Erik Sören Edling (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1976. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980. Edling was born in India, where his father was worked for the

ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås ...

company. He then moved to Sweden and started fencing at a boarding school in

Sigtuna Sigtuna is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in the eponymous Sigtuna Municipality, in Stockholm County, Sweden with 9,689 inhabitants in 2020. It is the namesake even though the seat of the municipality is in another locality, Märsta. S ...

. Between 1969 and 1978 he won ten medals at the world championships, including five gold medals. In 1973 he was awarded the

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Sweden, Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury led by the Swedish morning ...

.Rolf Edling

Swedish Olympic Committee The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; (, SOK) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run a support program for swedish elite a ...

Awards

* Swedish Fencing Federation Royal Medal of Merit in gold (''Svenska fäktförbundets kungliga förtjänstmedalj i guld'') (2012)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edling, Rolf 1943 births Living people Sportspeople from Mumbai Swedish male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Sweden Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen