Ivar Sahlin

{{Short description|Swedish triple and high jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= Ivar Sahlin |image= |caption= |birth_date= 16 December 1895 |birth_place= Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden | death_date = 24 November 1980 (aged 84) | death_place = Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden |sport=Athletics |event= high jump/triple jump |club= IFK Sundsvall }}

'''Ivar Sahlin''' (16 December 1895 – 24 November 1980) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

== Career == Sahlin born in Sundsvall,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76374 |title=Ivar Sahlin |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1914 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19140704/056/0002 |title=Amateur Athletics |work=Lancashire Evening Post |date=4 July 1914 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19140706/016/0003 |title=Applegarth's Feats |work=Manchester Courier |date=6 July 1914 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref>

At the 1920 Olympic Games, Sahlin finished fourth in the triple jump competition. Four years later, at the 1924 Olympic Games, he was eliminated in the qualification of the triple jump competition and finished eighth overall. In the high jump event, he was also eliminated in the qualification and finished tenth overall.

He died in Sigtuna.

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{olympics.com}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{EAA|14564911}} *{{SOK}} *{{sports-reference}}

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