Hans Jacobson

Hans Jacobson (March 17, 1947 – July 9, 1984) was a Swedish modern pentathlete, fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team.[1][2] He originally won a bronze medal in the modern pentathlon team competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics along with Björn Ferm and Hans-Gunnar Liljenvall. However, he was stripped of the medal after Liljenvall failed a drug test (for alcohol).[3]

Hans Jacobson
Personal information
Born(1947-03-17)17 March 1947
Stockholm, Sweden
Died9 July 1984(1984-07-09) (aged 37)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
SportFencing, modern pentathlon
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal Team épée

Jacobson represented K1 IF and Djurgårdens IF.[4] For Djurgårdens IF, he became the 1974 Swedish champion in individual épée and eight-time champion in team épée.[5][6]

References
  1. "Hans Jacobson". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. "Olympics Statistics: Hans Jacobson". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  3. "Modern Pentathlon at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Team". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. "Olympedia – Hans Jacobson".
  5. "SM värja herrar, ind". 2 March 2021.
  6. "SM värja herrar, lag". 9 December 2020.


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