) Oxenstierna at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, USA | |||||||||||
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| Born | 28 August 1899 Stockholm, Sweden[1] | ||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 1995 (aged 95) Täby, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||
| Club | Flottans IF, Karlskrona | ||||||||||
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Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa (28 August 1899 – 18 July 1995) was a Swedish modern pentathlete and naval officer. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Oxenstierna belonged to one of the oldest noble families of Sweden, which is known from the 13th century. In 1917 he became a Navy officer and in 1932 appointed naval attaché in Paris; upon his return to Sweden he was promoted to lieutenant commander. During World War II he served as a defense attaché in London. His enciphered cables to his government were treacherously passed on to the Germans by a code clerk in Stockholm who deciphered them, becoming a major source of naval intelligence to the Nazi regime. He retired in 1954 in the rank of sea captain.[3]
In 1922 Oxenstierna married Görel Elisabeth Huitfeldt; they had two sons and one daughter. They divorced in 1946, and Oxenstierna remarried the same year.[3]
References
- ^ Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ a b c "Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.