Hans Lagerqvist
Lagerqvist in 1966
Personal information
Born(1940-04-28)28 April 1940
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died22 July 2019(2019-07-22) (aged 79)
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault, sprint, long jump
ClubDuvbo IK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5.40i (1972)[1][2]
100 m – 10.8
LJ – 7.07 m[3]
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
European Athletics Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place1972 GrenoblePole vault
World Masters Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place1981 ChristchurchPole vault M40
Gold medal – first place1987 MelbournePole vault M45
Gold medal – first place1991 TurkuPole vault M50
Gold medal – first place1993 MiyazakiPole vault M50
Gold medal – first place1995 BuffaloPole vault M55
Gold medal – first place1997 DurbanPole vault M55
Gold medal – first place1999 GatesheadPole vault M55
Gold medal – first place2001 BrisbanePole vault M60
Gold medal – first place2003 CarolinaPole vault M60
Gold medal – first place2004 Sindelfingen
(indoors)		Pole vault M60
Gold medal – first place2008 Clermont-Ferrand
(indoors)		Pole vault M65
Gold medal – first place2009 LahtiPole vault M65
Silver medal – second place2010 Kamloops (indoors)Pole vault M65
Silver medal – second place2011 SacramentoPole vault M70
Bronze medal – third place2015 LyonPole vault M75

Hans Ture Lennart Lagerqvist (28 April 1940 – 22 July 2019[4]) was a Swedish pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, Wolfgang Nordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European Championships and seventh at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 1972 Olympics.[1][5] He won the national title in 1965 and 1972 and held several national records.[3]

Lagerqvist set three masters world records: in the M35 (1975), M50 (1990) and M55 categories (1996). He won eleven world titles in 1981–2015.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 Hans Lagerqvist. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Hans Lagerqvist. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. 1 2 Hans Lagerqvist 1940-04-28. storagrabbar.se
  4. ↑ "Hans Lagerqvist har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 23 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Hans Lagerqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
  6. ↑ World Masters Athletics Pole Vault, World Masters Indoor Pole Vault. wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz


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