Q:Read the bio below and try to give details on gothe hedlund 's: - medaltemplates - birth date Bio: gothe hedlund -lrb- 31 july 1918 -- 15 december 2003 -rrb- was a swedish speed skater who was at the world top around world war ii . hedlund made his international debut at the 1939 european allround championships of riga , latvia , finishing 16th . two weeks later , he participated in the world allround championships held in helsinki , but his times on the first three distances were not good enough to qualify him for the final distance . the start of world war ii meant that only very few tournaments were organised , so hedlund could not compete very often during those years . when the war was over , hedlund participated in the first european allround championships after the war and promptly became the 1946 european allround champion . there were no official world allround championships that year , but unofficial world championships were held in oslo and hedlund won silver there . in 1947 , hedlund won european silver behind compatriot Ake seyffarth . at the 1948 winter olympics of st. moritz , hedlund won bronze on the 5,000 m behind norwegian skaters reidar liaklev and odd lundberg . his last international medal came two weeks later at the european allround championships where he won silver , again behind liaklev . hedlund competed internationally until 1952 . he died in lidingo in 2003 at the age of 85 .
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- medaltemplates is men 's speed skating- birth date is 31 july 1918