Gunnar Garpö
Swedish bobsledder (1919-1976)
Gunnar Charles Garpö (13 October 1919 – 18 May 1976) was a Swedish bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Garpö also finished seventh in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
References
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.
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