{{short description|Swedish handball player (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Thomas Persson | image = <!-- Player Photo.jpg --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | full_name = Bengt Thomas Persson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|02|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Helsingborg, Sweden | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | nationality = {{SWE}} | height = <!-- XXX cm or X ft XX in --> | position = Back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = -1966 | youthclubs1 = IS Göta | years1 = 1967-1968 | clubs1 = IFK Kristianstad | years2 = 1968-1970 | clubs2 = IS Göta | years3 = 1970-1974 | clubs3 = IFK Kristianstad | years4 = 1974-1975 | clubs4 = IFK Malmö Handboll | years5 = 1975-? | clubs5 = IK Wargo | nationalyears1 = 1967—1974 | nationalteam1 = {{hb|Sweden}} | nationalcaps1 = 68 | nationalgoals1 = | titleyears1 = | title1 = | titleplace1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = | module = | ntupdate = <!-- 26 August 2022 or August 26, 2022 --> }}
'''Bengt Thomas Persson'''<ref name="Olympedia – Thomas Persson">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Thomas Persson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/32727 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> (born 14 February 1947)<ref name="Olympedia – Thomas Persson"/> is a Swedish former handball player. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics<ref name="sok">{{cite web | title=Thomas Persson | url=http://www.sok.se/5.aad0b10833d63e5c800013281.html | publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee | language=Swedish | accessdate=12 May 2010 | url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515074453/http://www.sok.se/5.aad0b10833d63e5c800013281.html | archivedate=15 May 2013 | df= }}</ref> held in Munich, Germany.
In 1972 he was part of the Swedish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament.<ref name=sok /> He played four matches and scored six goals. The same year he was named Swedish Handballer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskhandboll.se/nyheter/nyheter/2025-05-07-albin-lagergren-utses-till-arets-spelare|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|title=Albin Lagergren utses till Årets spelare|date=7 May 2025|access-date=1 December 2025|language=sv}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Swedish Handballer of the Year (Men)}}
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