Sven Hamrin

Personal information
Full name	Sven Helge Hamrin
Born	(1941-03-30)30 March 1941 Härnösand, Sweden
Died	25 January 2018(2018-01-25) (aged 76)
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Amateur team
Härnösands CK
Medal record Men's cycling Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team time trial

Sven Helge Hamrin (30 March 1941 – 25 January 2018)^[1] was a Swedish cyclist who competed at the 1964 Olympics. He finished 50th in the individual road race and won a bronze medal in the team time trial, riding with the Fåglum brothers. The same year he won the road race at the national championships.^[2][3][4]

In 1970 he was involved in an auto accident in Norway, as a result of which he remained in a coma for 45 days. Eventually he recovered and resumed cycling, even though one of his legs was six centimeters shorter as a result of multiple surgeries.

References

External links

• Sven Helge Hamrin at Olympics.com

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