event club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
hammer throw if castor , Östersund baksjönäset , sweden 86 kg lb on 1.78 m ftin on 66.37 m -lrb- 1964 -rrb- athletics yes 21 july 1929 birger asplund 2.jpg birger asplund

birger asplund

karl birger asplund -lrb- born 21 july 1929 -rrb- is a retired swedish hammer thrower .
he represented his native country at the 1956 , 1960 and 1964 olympics with the best result of 21st place in 1964 .
at the 1958 european athletics championships he finished in sixth place , setting a national record .
late in his career at age 41 he set the masters m40 world record at 64.70 m which he held for almost two years until it was surpassed by hal connolly who won the gold medal at the 1956 olympics .
ashland 's record was more than a meter and a half further than connolly threw in the olympics .
