{{short description|Swedish discus thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Lars Gösta Haglund |image = Lars Haglund 2.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|05|22}} |birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | height = {{height|ft=6|in=6}} | weight = {{convert|251|lb|kg}} |sport=Athletics |event= Discus throw, shot put, javelin throw |club=Westermalms IF<br>SoIK Hellas<br>Spårvägens FK |pb= DT – 62.86 (1974)<ref name=tf/><br>SP – 15.23 m<br>JT – 63.91 m<ref name=sg/> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 1964 Tokyo |Discus throw }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalGold | 1965 Budapest | Discus throw}} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|British National Championships (AAA)}} {{MedalGold | 1965 | Discus throw}} }}
'''Lars Gösta Haglund''' (born 22 May 1940) is a retired Swedish discus thrower who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1965 he won the discus throw at the Summer Universiade and British AAA Athletics Championships.<ref name="sportref"/><ref name="GBR"/><ref name=sok/> Haglund was the Swedish champion in the discus in 1962–66 and held multiple national records in this event.<ref name=sg/>
Haglund won the British AAA Championships title in the discus throw event at the 1965 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19650710/194/0023 |title=White City results |work=Daily Mirror |date=10 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19650711/142/0034 |title=White City Details |work=Sunday Mirror |date=11 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Commons category|Lars Haglund}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/l/lars-haglund.html Lars Haglund]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref> <ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2428&Gender=M Lars Haglund]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> <ref name="sportref">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/lars-haglund-1.html Lars Haglund]. Sports-reference.com.</ref> <ref name="GBR">[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm Aaa Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.</ref> <ref name=sg>[http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_5.html Lars Haglund 1940-05-22]. storagrabbar.se</ref> }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haglund, Lars}} Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish men discus throwers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden Category:Athletes from Stockholm Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Sweden Category:Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Category:Westermalms IF athletes Category:SoIK Hellas athletes Category:Spårvägens FK athletes Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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