Åke Grönhagen

Åke Grönhagen

Åke Grönhagen running the cross-country leg of the pentathlon competition at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1885-01-24)24 January 1885 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	25 December 1974(1974-12-25) (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Fencing, modern pentathlon
Club	FFF, Stockholm IFK Stockholm

Åke Edvard Grönhagen (24 January 1885 – 25 December 1974) was a Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1] He finished fourth in the Olympic modern pentathlon, and was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée competition.^[2]

Grönhagen's grandson, Carl William "Bill" Gronhagen, was an air traffic controller at Los Angeles International Airport.

References

1. "Åke Grönhagen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. "Åke Grönhagen". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

• profile
• Åke Grönhagen at Olympedia
• Åke Grönhagen at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)