Sven Eklund

Sven Axel Tankred Eklund (1916–1997) was a Swedish curler. He was the alternate on the team that represented Sweden during the 1963 Scotch Cup, the World Men's Curling Championship at the time. He was also a former president of the World Curling Federation and is a WCF Hall of Fame inductee.

Sven Axel Tankred Eklund
Curler
Born(1916-12-03)3 December 1916[1]
Stockholm
Died(1997-06-06)6 June 1997[1]
Lidingö
Career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		1 (1963)

Eklund curled out of the Åredalens Curlingklubb in Åre, Sweden with teammates John-Allan Månsson, Curt Jonsson, Gustav Larsson, and Magnus Berge when he represented Sweden at the 1963 Scotch Cup. He later became the captain of the Swedish national curling team, and he also became president of the International Curling Association, now known as the World Curling Federation.[2] He was also active in the curling club Fjällgårdens CK.[1]

In 1966 he was awarded with the Svenska Curlingförbundets Guldmedalj by the Swedish Curling Association.[3] In 1966 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. In 1982 he was awarded with the Elmer Freytag Award from the World Curling Federation.[4]

In 1968 Eklund produced the Swedish curling manual Curling.[5]

Personal life

Eklund was the father of actress Britt Ekland.[2]

References
  1. "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar". Idrottonline.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
  2. Lester, Peter (1980): "All Is Vanity". People.com. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. "GULDMEDALJÖRER". Idrott.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
  4. "World Curling Hall of Fame". Worldcurling.org. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. "Curling". Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Libris.kb.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.