Owe Jonsson

{{Short description|Swedish sprinter, ice hockey player and bandy player (1940–1962)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image =Owe Jonsson 1961.jpg | image_size = |caption=Jonsson in 1961 |birth_date= 23 November 1940<ref name=tf/> |birth_place= [[Bräcke Municipality|Albacken]], Sweden | death_date = 29 September 1962 (aged 21) | death_place = | height = | weight = |sport=Athletics |event=Sprint |club=IFK Växjö<ref name=stora/> |pb=200 m – 20.7 (1962)<ref name=tf/> |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1962 European Athletics Championships|1962 Belgrade]]| [[1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} }}

'''Owe Jonsson''' (23 November 1940 – 29 September 1962) was a Swedish [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]], [[ice hockey]] player and [[bandy]] player.

Jonsson mostly competed in 100–400 m sprint events, winning seven national titles in 1960–1962. His favorite distance was 200 m, in which he broke the Swedish national record six times and won the [[1962 European Athletics Championships|European champion title]] in [[Belgrade]] in September 1962 with a new record of 20.7. Less than two weeks after that he died in a car accident on the road between his hometown, [[Växjö]], and [[Alvesta]]. A street near the athletics track in Växjö is named after him. Besides athletics, Jonsson also played ice hockey and bandy for [[Nässjö IF]].<ref name=stora/>

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=stora>[http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_5.html Owe Jonsson 1940–1962]. storagrabbar.se</ref> <ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3121&Gender=M Owe Jonsson]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> }} {{Footer European Champions 200 m Men}}

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