Gösta Åsbrink

Karl Gösta Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1][2][3]

Gösta Åsbrink

Åsbrink at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Karl Gösta Åsbrink
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1881-11-18)18 November 1881 Lovö, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	19 April 1966(1966-04-19) (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Gymnastics, modern pentathlon
Club	Stockholms Gymnastikförening Infanteri 10 Idrottsförening
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Sweden
Medal record Representing  Sweden Men's artistic gymnastics Olympic Games 1908 London Team Men's modern pentathlon Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Modern pentathlon

Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games. Åsbrink was a lieutenant of the Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to major.^[4]