Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
athletics competitor (1928–1991)
Lars-Erik Ragnar Wolfbrandt (8 December 1928 – 23 March 1991) was a Swedish sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won two more bronze medals at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he competed in the 400 m, 800 m and 4 × 400 m relay; he finished eighth in the 800 m and failed to reach the finals in the 400 m events.
Nationally Wolfbrandt won five Swedish titles, in the 200 m (1948–49) and 400 m (1949–50 and 1954). His brother Herold was an association football player.
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