Gösta Brännström

Gösta Brännström

Gösta Brännström (left) and Tage Ekfeldt in 1952
Personal information
Born 6 October 1926
Skellefteå, Sweden
Died 7 March 1997 (aged 70)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 m
Club Skellefteå AIK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400 m – 47.4 (1953)[1][2]

Gösta Martin Brännström (6 October 1926 – 7 March 1997) was a Swedish sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, together with Tage Ekfeldt, Rune Larsson and Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt. They failed to reach the final at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and finished fourth at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.[1][3]

Brännström won the national 400 m title in 1951, 1953 and 1956. In 1953 he set national records in the 300 m at 34.0 and in the 400 m at 47.4.[4]

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  4. Gösta Brännström 1926–1997. storagrabbar.se
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