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Gösta Lilliehöök

1884 – 1974

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Lived 1884 – 1974 (aged 90). Gösta Lilliehöök was a Swedish modern pentathlete and military personnel.

Gustaf Malcolm "Gösta" Lilliehöök (; 25 May 1884 – 18 November 1974) was a Swedish officer and modern pentathlete. He won a gold medal in the first contested modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games in 1912.

Career Lilliehöök was born on 25 May 1884 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of First Marshal of the Court Carl Malcolm Lilliehöök and his wife Anna Ekelund. He was commissioned as an officer in Svea Artillery Regiment in 1906 with the rank of underlöjtnant. Lilliehöök was promoted to lieutenant in 1910 and to captain in 1918, after which he was placed in the reserve.

He won a gold medal in the first contested modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games in 1912. He later became one of the first five employees of the national Swedish radio.

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Gösta Lilliehöök was born on 25 May 1884 in Stockholm.

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Gösta Lilliehöök died on 18 November 1974 in Danderyd.

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Gösta Lilliehöök was a modern pentathlete and military personnel.

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Gösta Lilliehöök was Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Gösta Lilliehöök

· Wikidata: Q1332537

· DBpedia: Gösta Lilliehöök (1884–1974)

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