# Owe Jonsson

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Swedish sprinter, ice hockey player and bandy player (1940–1962)

Owe Jonsson Jonsson in 1961 Personal information Born 23 November 1940[1] Albacken, Sweden Died 29 September 1962 (aged 21) Sport Sport Athletics Event Sprint Club IFK Växjö[2]

**Owe Jonsson** (23 November 1940 – 29 September 1962) was a Swedish [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)), [ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) player and [bandy](/source/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 [European champion title](/source/1962_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Belgrade](/source/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](/source/V%C3%A4xj%C3%B6), and [Alvesta](/source/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](/source/N%C3%A4ssj%C3%B6_IF).[2]

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tf_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tf_1-1) [Owe Jonsson](http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3121&Gender=M). trackfield.brinkster.net

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stora_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stora_2-1) [Owe Jonsson 1940–1962](http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_5.html). storagrabbar.se

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 200 metres 1934: Chris Berger (NED) 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS) 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR) 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG) 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE) 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA) 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI) 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS) 1990: John Regis (GBR) 1994: Geir Moen (NOR) 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR) 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2012: Churandy Martina (NED) 2014: Adam Gemili (GBR) 2016: Bruno Hortelano (ESP) 2018: Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 2022: Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 2024: Timothé Mumenthaler (SUI)

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