Curt Söderberg

Curt Söderberg
Curt Söderberg in 1952
Personal information
Born19 January 1927
Sollentuna, Sweden
Died1 September 2010 (aged 83)
Sollentuna, Sweden
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSteeplechase
ClubTurebergs IF, Sollentuna
Achievements and titles
Personal best3000 mS – 8:52.8 (1954)[1][2]

Curt Erik Valdemar Söderberg (19 January 1927 – 1 September 2010) was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and fifth place, respectively.[1][3][4]

Söderberg won the national junior title in the 1,500 m steeplechase in 1946 and 1947, but was not selected for the 1948 Olympics. He won the senior 3,000 m steeplechase title in 1949–50 and 1953–55 and was ranked within the world's top 10 from 1947 to 1954, reaching #1 in 1949 and #4 in 1950. At the 1952 Olympics he set a national record at 8:55.6 and improved it to 8:52.8 in 1954. He retired around 1957 and later worked as a craft teacher.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Curt Söderberg. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Curt Söderberg. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ Curt Söderberg. Swedish Olympic Committee.
  4. ^ Curt Söderberg 1927-2010 Archived 16 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se


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