 Kronlund (left) at the 1924 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 August 1865 Skövde, Västra Götaland County, Sweden–Norway | |||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 1937 (aged 71) Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Curling | |||||||||||
| Club | Stockholms Curlingklubb | |||||||||||
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Carl August Verner Kronlund (25 August 1865 – 15 August 1937) was a Swedish curler who won a silver medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics. Aged 58, he was the oldest competitor at those games and the oldest in the modern era of Winter Olympics.[1] In the 1924 games, he played lead right-handed for the second Swedish team.[2] He lived most of his life in Stockholm with his wife Elin, cleaning chimneys for work and dying of a stroke, aged 71.[3][4]
- ^ "The youngest and oldest Winter Olympians competing at Beijing 2022". CNN.
- ^ "Olympedia – Carl August Kronlund".
- ^ "Carl August Kronlund". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Carl August Kronlund. Swedish Olympic Committee