Inga Gentzel

Athletics competitor
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IntroAthletics competitor
A.K.A.Inga Kristina Gentzel-Dahlgren
A.K.A.Inga Kristina Gentzel-Dahlgren
PlacesSweden
isSinger Athlete
Work fieldMusic Sports
Gender
Female
Birth24 April 1908, Stockholm
DeathNyköping
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Biography

Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner, who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics she set a new world record in this event, which was broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games.
Gentzel held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and in the 800 m in 1928–31. She worked as a piano teacher in Nyköping and often appeared on the Swedish radio as a member of the vocal group Trio Rita, together with Ulla Castegren and Anna-Lisa Cronström. She was a niece of the actor Ludde Gentzel.

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