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petrus kastenman at the 1956 olympics eventing 10 june 2013 -lrb- aged 88 -rrb- stenstorp , sweden skövde frk bälinge , sweden equestrian 15 august 1924 petrus kastenman 1956.jpg petrus kastenman

petrus kastenman

lars petrus ragnar kastenman -lrb- 15 august 1924 -- 10 june 2013 was a swedish equestrian and olympic champion .
he won an individual gold medal in `` eventing '' at the 1956 summer olympics in stockholm .
kastenman took up horse riding at the age of 17 , when he enlisted at k1 in stockholm .
from there , he was transferred to skövde in 1949 .
in 1969 , his family moved to borgunda , where he built a championship eventing course .
during the 1970s and 1980s , he was the national coach for juniors , young riders and pony riders , and also coach of the norwegian and the finnish national teams .
at one time , he coached five different teams .
in his later years , he lived in a retirement home in stenstorp , where he died on 10 june 2013 at the age of 88 .
he was survived by two children , björn and mimmi kastenman .
