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Tore Sjöstrand

athletics competitor (1921-2011)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ728563 ↗
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Thore "Tore" Ingvar Sjöstrand (31 July 1921 – 26 January 2011) was a Swedish steeplechase runner. He won a bronze medal at the 1946 European Championships and a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Domestically Sjöstrand won two titles, in 1947 and 1948, and finished second five times. After finishing eighth at the 1950 European championships he retired and moved to Växjö. There he worked as a retailer and died aged 89.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tore Sjöstrand” as athletics competitor (1921-2011). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 2011, 1946, 1948—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-07-31. The account is most persuasive where Tore, Sjöstrand and athletics can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q728563. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921, 2011, 1946 and 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tore Sjöstrand” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.