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Bengt Nilsson
- February 17, 1934
- May 11, 2018
- 84 years
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Bengt Nilsson, 84, Swedish Olympic high jumper (1956).
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|Bengt Nilsson (17 February 1934 – 11 May 2018) was a Swedish high jumper. In 1954 he won the Swedish and European titles and set a European record at 2.11 m; later that year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
Nilsson was injured at the 1956 Summer Olympics and finished only 26th. He retired from athletics shortly thereafter.
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