Ragnar Olson
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Ragnar Olson was a Swedish
horse rider
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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In 1928 he won the bronze medal in the individual dressage competition with his horse Günstling. They also won the silver medal as part of the Swedish dressage team.
Ragnar Olson lived in Hässleholm in Skåne (Scania in southern Sweden). He became famous during the winter 1918-1919 for housing the exiled German army chief Erich Ludendorff after the German WWI capitulation in 1918.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
horse rider
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 he won the bronze medal in the individual dressage competition with his horse Günstling. They also won the silver medal as part of the Swedish dressage team.
Ragnar Olson lived in Hässleholm in Skåne (Scania in southern Sweden). He became famous during the winter 1918-1919 for housing the exiled German army chief Erich Ludendorff after the German WWI capitulation in 1918.