Hans Lagerqvist

Hans Lagerqvist
Lagerqvist in 1966
Personal information
Born(1940-04-28)28 April 1940
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died22 July 2019(2019-07-22) (aged 79)
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault, sprint, long jump
ClubDuvbo IK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5.40i (1972)[1][2]
100 m – 10.8
LJ – 7.07 m[3]
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
European Athletics Indoor Championships
1972 Grenoble Pole vault
World Masters Athletics Championships
1981 Christchurch Pole vault M40
1987 Melbourne Pole vault M45
1991 Turku Pole vault M50
1993 Miyazaki Pole vault M50
1995 Buffalo Pole vault M55
1997 Durban Pole vault M55
1999 Gateshead Pole vault M55
2001 Brisbane Pole vault M60
2003 Carolina Pole vault M60
2004 Sindelfingen
(indoors)
Pole vault M60
2008 Clermont-Ferrand
(indoors)
Pole vault M65
2009 Lahti Pole vault M65
2010 Kamloops (indoors) Pole vault M65
2011 Sacramento Pole vault M70
2015 Lyon Pole vault M75

Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (28 April 1940 – 22 July 2019[4]) was a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics.[1][5] He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.[3]

Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Hans Lagerqvist. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Hans Lagerqvist. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ a b Hans Lagerqvist 1940-04-28. storagrabbar.se
  4. ^ "Hans Lagerqvist har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ Hans Lagerqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
  6. ^ World Masters Athletics Pole Vault, World Masters Indoor Pole Vault. wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz