Swedish high jumper
Kjell-Åke Nilsson
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Born | 5 April 1942 (1942-04-05) (age 82) Östmark, Sweden |
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Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
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Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | High jump |
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Club | Sörmarks IF IFK Sunne |
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Personal best | 2.12 m (1963)[1][2] |
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Kjell-Åke Lennart "Sörmarkarn" Nilsson (born 5 April 1942) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and at the 1966 European Athletics Championships and finished in seventh, sixth and eighth place, respectively.[1][3][4] Nilsson won a bronze medal at the 1966 European Indoor Games and became a Swedish champion outdoors in 1963 and indoors in 1966.[5]
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