Gustaf Dyrsch

{{short description|Swedish equestrian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |image= Gustaf Dyrsch SOK.jpg |caption= |birth_date=28 August 1890 |birth_place=Stockholm, Sweden |death_date= 7 May 1974 (aged 83) |death_place= [[Sollentuna Municipality|Sollentuna]], Stockholm, Sweden | height = | weight = |sport=Horse riding |club=Ing1 IF, Stockholm |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}

'''Karl Gustaf Wilhelm Dyrsch''' (28 August 1890 – 7 May 1974) was a [[Swedish Army]] officer and [[Equestrianism|horse rider]] who competed in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11911 |title=Gustaf Dyrsch |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> He and his horse ''Salamis'' were part of the Swedish team that [[Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|won the gold medal]] in [[eventing]]. However, Dyrsch did not receive a medal as he failed to complete his individual routine.<ref name=sr/><ref name=sok/>

Dyrsch was a career military officer holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1947.<ref name=r1/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/gustaf-dyrsch-1.html Gustaf Dyrsch]. Sports Reference</ref> <ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gustaf-dyrsch.html Gustaf Dyrsch]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref> <ref name=r1>[http://www8.idrottonline.se/StockholmsFRK-Ridsport/OmSFK/Historik/DjurgardenhastsportSFKgenomarhundradena1/ Generalmajoren greve Reinhold von Rosens hederspris (Carl XII) till "Bäste Jaktkamrat" åren 1927 – 2010]. idrottonline.se</ref> }}

==External links== * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|gustaf-dyrsch}} * {{SOK profile}}

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