caption event death_date death_place club birth_place height pb sport birth_date image article_title
gunnar lindström in 1926 javelin throw 6 october 1951 -lrb- aged 55 -rrb- eksjö , sweden mai , malmö eksjö gik eksjö , sweden 1.72 m ftin on 67.77 m -lrb- 1928 -rrb- athletics 11 february 1896 gunnar lindström 1926.jpg gunnar lindström

gunnar lindström

nils gunnar lindström -lrb- 11 february 1896 -- 6 october 1951 -rrb- was a swedish javelin thrower .
he competed at the 1920 , 1924 and 1928 summer olympics and finished in sixth , second and fourteens place , respectively .
his younger brother elof was also an olympic javelin thrower .
on 12 october 1924 lindström set a world record at 66.62 m that stood for three years .
