Hans Berndt Åke Thelning (24 October 1892 – 16 February 1979) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] He and his horse Löke finished sixth in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal with the Swedish jumping team.[2] Later in the 1930 he worked as a senior teacher at a riding school in Copenhagen.[3]
Ståhle became ryttmästare in the reserve in 1928.[4]
Awards and decorations
Knight of the Order of the Sword (1942)[5]
References
- ^ "Åke Thelning". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Åke Thelning. sports-reference.com
- ^ Åke Thelning. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 354.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 146. SELIBR 8261599.
External links
- Åke Thelning at Olympedia
- Åke Thelning at Olympics.com
- Åke Thelning at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
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