Swedish long-distance runner
Evert Nyberg
![]() Nyberg in 1956 |
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| Born | 28 February 1925
Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Died | 17 August 2000 (aged 75)
Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
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| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event | 5000 m – marathon |
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| Club | Örgryte IS, Göteborg |
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| Personal best(s) | 5000 m – 14:23.2 (1946)
10000 m – 29:33.4 (1955)
Marathon – 2:25:08 (1957)[1] |
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John Evert Nyberg (28 February 1925 – 17 August 2000) was a Swedish long-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m event at the 1946 European Championships.[2]
Nyberg was born on 28 February 1925 in Göteborg, Västra Götaland.[2]
He competed in the 5000 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the marathon at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics with the best result of eighth place in 1956.[2] He won the Košice Peace Marathon in 1955.[1]
Nyberg won national titles in the 5000 m (1946 and 1956), 10000 m (1955), 25000 m (1955–57 and 1960), 30000 m (1961 and 1962), marathon (1955, 1957, 1962 and 1963) and cross country (1950, 1955 and 1957).[1]
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