event death_place death_date club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
steeplechase , 5000 m arboga , sweden 22 december 1987 -lrb- aged 83 -rrb- fredrikshofs if , stockholm stockholm , sweden 58 kg lb on 1.72 m ftin on 3000 -- 14:45.3 -lrb- 1927 -rrb- ms -- 9:38.0 -lrb- 1928 -rrb- 5000 m athletics 25 july 1904 nils eklöf.jpg nils eklöf

nils eklöf

nils evert eklöf -lrb- 25 july 1904 -- 22 december 1987 -rrb- was a swedish runner .
he competed at the 1928 summer olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m events and finished fourth in the steeplechase .
eklöf was trained as a boxer .
he changed to running in 1923 , and already by 1927 was ranked first in the the world over 3,000 and 5,000 m distances .
at the 1928 olympics he abandoned his 5000 m race , but finished fourth in the steeplechase , which he rarely ran before .
after that he continued running and worked as a planning supervisor and a sports adviser .
