{{Short description|Swedish fencer (born 1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rolf Edling | image = Rolf Edling 1972.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Rolf Edling in 1972 | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|11|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bombay, India | death_date = | death_place = | height = 196 cm | weight = 91 kg | website = | country = Sweden | sport = Fencing | event = | collegeteam = | club = LUGI, Lund | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} center|80px {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal | Team épée}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Havana|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|1971 Vienna|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|1971 Vienna|Ind. épée}} {{MedalGold|1973 Gothenburg|Ind. épée}} {{MedalGold|1974 Grenoble|Ind. épée}} {{MedalGold|1974 Grenoble|Team épée}} {{MedalGold|1975 Budapest|Team épée}} {{MedalGold|1977 Buenos Aires|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|1977 Buenos Aires|Ind. épée}} {{MedalBronze|1978 Hamburg|Team épée}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Rolf Erik Sören Edling''' (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish épée fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympic Games and won a team gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/rolf-edling-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/rolf-edling-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Rolf Edling |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=3 May 2010 }}</ref><ref name="databaseolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDLINROL01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Rolf Edling |access-date=30 December 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018140602/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDLINROL01 |archive-date=18 October 2012 }}</ref>
Edling was born in India, where his father was worked for the ASEA company. He then moved to Sweden and started fencing at a boarding school in Sigtuna. Between 1969 and 1978 he won ten medals at the world championships, including five gold medals. In 1973 he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.<ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/r/rolf-edling.html Rolf Edling]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref>
==Awards== * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Fencing Federation Royal Medal of Merit in gold (''Svenska fäktförbundets kungliga förtjänstmedalj i guld'') (2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fencing.se/svenska-faktforbundet/utmarkelser-och-beloningar/hogsta-utmarkelse-personer/ |publisher=Swedish Fencing Federation |title=Högsta utmärkelse, personer |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=sv}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Rolf Edling}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|rolf-edling}} * {{SOK profile}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edling, Rolf}} Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Mumbai Category:Swedish male épée fencers Category:Olympic fencers for Sweden Category:Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen Category:World Fencing Championships medalists