# Ivar Sahlin

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{{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](/source/Track_and_field) who competed in the [1920 Summer Olympics](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) and in the [1924 Summer Olympics](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics).

== Career ==
Sahlin born in [Sundsvall](/source/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](/source/AAA_Championships) title in the triple jump event at the [1914 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Athletics_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_triple_jump). Four years later, at the 1924 Olympic Games, he was eliminated in the qualification of the [triple jump competition](/source/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_triple_jump) and finished eighth overall. In the [high jump event](/source/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump), he was also eliminated in the qualification and finished tenth overall.

He died in [Sigtuna](/source/Sigtuna).

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:1895 births
Category:1980 deaths
Category:Swedish men triple jumpers
Category:Swedish men high jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Sundsvall
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen

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