Gustaf Lewenhaupt

Olympic athlete

1879 – 1962

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Who was Gustaf Lewenhaupt?

Carl Gustaf Sixtensson Lewenhaupt was a Swedish count, officer, courtier, horse rider and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the equestrian team jumping event. He also competed in the individual jumping event, where he finished ninth. In the Modern pentathlon competition at the same Olympics he was able to finish seventeenth.

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Born
Aug 20, 1879
Örebro
Lived in
  • Örebro
Died
Aug 7, 1962

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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