Kell Areskoug
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Born | 18 August 1906 Jönköping, Sweden |
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Died | 21 December 1996 (aged 90) Dylta bruk, Örebro, Sweden |
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m, 400 m hurdles | |||||||||
Club | Örgryte IS, Göteborg | |||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m – 50.6 (1930) 110 mH – 14.9 (1931) 400 mH – 53.2 (1932)[1][2] |
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Johan Kellgren "Kell" Areskoug (18 August 1906 – 21 December 1996)[3] was a Swedish sprinter. He competed in the Olympics in 1932 and 1936 and won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships in the 400 m hurdles.[1]
Career
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Areskoug competed in both the 400 m and the 400 m hurdles.[1] In the 400 m he went out in the heats, but in the hurdles he qualified for the final, running his personal best time of 53.2 in the semi-finals. In the final he only managed 54.6, finishing sixth and last.[1] Four years later in Berlin he only competed in the 400 m hurdles, failing to qualify from the heats.[1]
Areskoug placed third in the 400 m hurdles at the 1938 European Championships in Paris, running 53.6 and losing only to Prudent Joye and József Kovács.[4]
Areskoug held the Swedish 400 m hurdles title in 1931, 1933, 1935–38. He placed second in the 400 m hurdles in 1929–30 and in the 110 m hurdles in 1930–31 and 1935–36.[5]
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