Inga Gentzel
- January 1, 1991
- 82 years
About Inga Gentzel
Inga Gentzel was a notable figure. Gentzel died in 1991 at the age of 82.
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|Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics, she set a new world record in this event, broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games.
Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF. She held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and the 800 m in 1928–31.
She worked as a piano teacher in Nyköping and often appeared on the Swedish radio as a member of the vocal group Trio Rita, together with Ulla Castegren and Anna-Lisa Cronström. She was a niece of the actor Ludde Gentzel.
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