Clas Gille
Encyclopedia
Clas Thorulf Gille was a Swedish
track and field athlete
who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
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He was born in Luleå
and died in Askim
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In 1912 he finished twelfth in the pole vault event
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Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
track and field athlete
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
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He was born in Luleå
Luleå
- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....
and died in Askim
Askim, Sweden
Askim is a district of the Gothenburg Municipality in Sweden, about south of the city centre. To the northwest of Askim is Västra Frölunda, to the east is Mölndal, and the sea is to the west....
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In 1912 he finished twelfth in the pole vault event
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics...
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