Lars Tore Gustafsson (born February 11, 1962, in

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, Västra Götaland) is a retired male

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er from Sweden, who competed at three consecutive

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, starting in 1988 (

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). Since his retirement from competition, he has enjoyed success as a hammer coach

Competitive career

A member of the Mölndals Almänna Idrottsklubb he set the national record at 80.14 metres on July 4, 1989, in

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. Gustafsson lives in Los Gatos, California, and works as a chiropractor.http://vikingperformance.org/

Coaching

Gustafsson has been involved in coaching since he retired. Koji Murofushi won the gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Daegu Korea and bronze medal at the

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with Gustafsson as his Coach. In 2016, another of his athletes, Great Britain's Sophie Hitchon, won bronze in the hammer at the 2016 Olympic Games, her country's first ever global medal in that discipline.2018 coached (Nick Miller GB) to win Gold and National record 80.26 at the (Commonwealth games in Australia)). (Nick Miller) finished 6th at the (2020 Summer Olympics)

Achievements

References

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* 1962 births Living people Swedish male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Sweden Athletes from Gothenburg Swedish chiropractors American chiropractors Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub