Gunnar Åhs
Bobsledder
Intro | Bobsledder | |
Places | Sweden | |
was | Athlete Bobsledder | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 5 September 1915, Uppsala | |
Death | 6 May 1994Johanneshov (aged 78 years) |
Gunnar Johan Åhs (5 September 1915, Uppsala – 6 May 1994) was a Swedish bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Åhs earned his best finish of seventh in the four-man event at Oslo in 1952.
Four years later he finished 16th in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
He was born in Uppsala and died in Johanneshov.