# Olle Goop

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{{Short description|Swedish horse racer (1943–2022)}}
{{Infobox person
| name            = Olle Goop
| image           = Olle Goop 2013-07-13 001.jpg
| caption         = Goop in 2013
| birth_name      = Per Olov Goop
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1943|08|13|df=y}} 
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2022|04|20|1943|08|13|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Mora](/source/Mora_Municipality%2C_Sweden), Sweden
| children          = [Björn Goop](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Goop)
}}
'''Per Olov''' "'''Olle'''" '''Goop''' (13 August 1943 – 20 April 2022) was a Swedish trotting driver and trainer who specialised in [harness racing](/source/harness_racing).<ref>{{Cite Radio| url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/travlegendaren-olle-goop-ar-dod|title=Travlegendaren Olle Goop är död|first=Emanuel|last=Nashed|date=20 April 2022|access-date=20 April 2022|publisher=[Sveriges Radio](/source/Sveriges_Radio)|lang=sv}}</ref>

Goop died on 20 April 2022, at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.se/1.70969826|title=Olle Goop är död – blev 78 år|first=Emma|last=Tonnvik|date=20 April 2022|website=[Göteborgs-Posten](/source/G%C3%B6teborgs-Posten)|access-date=20 April 2022|lang=sv}}</ref>

He was for a long time the most victorious driver from Sweden of all time with 6&nbsp;744 wins. His son [Björn Goop](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Goop) took over the title from his father 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-08 |title=Goop skrev historia – segerrikast någonsin |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/wEGMkn |access-date=2023-09-01 |newspaper=Aftonbladet|language=sv}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.stallgoop.se/ Stall Goop] {{in lang|sv}}

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Category:1943 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Swedish harness racers
Category:Sportspeople from Mora, Sweden
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