Answer the following question: Facts: - sport: athletics - death place: soderhamn , sweden - event: 800 m , 1500 m - pb: 800 -- 3.48.6 -lrb- 1949 -rrb- m -- 1:49.4 -lrb- 1948 -rrb- 1500 m - caption: ingvar bengtsson in 1949 - height: 1.82 m ftin on - death date: 6 april 2001 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- - club: gefle if , gavle - birth date: 10 april 1922 - weight: 73 kg lb on - image size: 250px - image: ingvar bengtsson 1949.jpg - birth place: obbola , sweden Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ingvar bengtsson .
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bengt rolf ingvar bengtsson -lrb- 10 april 1922 -- 6 april 2001 -rrb- was a swedish middle-distance runner .he competed in the 800 m event at the 1948 summer olympics and 1950 european athletics championships and finished in fifth and fourth place , respectively .