Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His best results were in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Alnevik was a career military officer and retired with the rank of Major. After that he worked as a sports official and was a driving force behind promotion of golf in the Gävle area.[3] As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, he held the status as the oldest living Olympic medalist.[4]
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| Full name | Arvid Folke Alnevik | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1919-12-31)31 December 1919 Arbrå, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 August 2020(2020-08-17) (aged 100) Gävle, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 m | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | I14 IF, Gävle | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m – 48.1 (1947)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Alnevik contracted COVID-19 in 2020 and was able to overcome it, but died from complications of a bedsore on 17 August 2020.[5][6][7]
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