Rune Johansson
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Rune Arnold Georg Johansson (August 23, 1920 – December 30, 1998) was a Swedish sportsperson who played bandy
, football, handball
, ice hockey
, and competed in track and field. He was considered to be one of the most talented athletes in Gothenburg
during his active career in multiple sports. He played 103 international matches in hockey as back and participated in world championships from 1947 to 1953, and the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
, football, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, and competed in track and field. He was considered to be one of the most talented athletes in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
during his active career in multiple sports. He played 103 international matches in hockey as back and participated in world championships from 1947 to 1953, and the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952.