page_title: Curt Söderberg
hierarchical_section_title: Curt Söderberg
caption_attribution_description: OS-uttagningarna till OS 1952. Curt Söderberg leder före Rainer Åsbrandt och i bakgrunden ses Gunnar Tjörnebo. (1952 Olympic Trials: Curt Söderberg leads before Rainer Åsbrandt and in the background is seen Gunnar Tjörnebo)
context_page_description: Curt Erik Valdemar Söderberg was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and fifth place, respectively.
  Söderberg won the national junior title in the 1,500 m steeplechase in 1946 and 1947, but was not selected for the 1948 Olympics. He won the senior 3,000 m steeplechase title in 1949–50 and 1953–55 and was ranked within the world's top 10 from 1947 to 1954, reaching #1 in 1949 and #4 in 1950. At the 1952 Olympics he set a national record at 8:55.6 and improved it to 8:52.8 in 1954. He retired around 1957 and later worked as a craft teacher.
context_section_description: Curt Erik Valdemar Söderberg (19 January 1927 – 1 September 2010) was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and fifth place, respectively.
  Söderberg won the national junior title in the 1,500 m steeplechase in 1946 and 1947, but was not selected for the 1948 Olympics. He won the senior 3,000 m steeplechase title in 1949–50 and 1953–55 and was ranked within the world's top 10 from 1947 to 1954, reaching #1 in 1949 and #4 in 1950. At the 1952 Olympics he set a national record at 8:55.6 and improved it to 8:52.8 in 1954. He retired around 1957 and later worked as a craft teacher.
caption: Curt Söderberg in 1952
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