Inga Gentzel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Inga Gentzel

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Sankt Matteus, Sweden

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1991

Profession: singer, athletics competitor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Inga Kristina Gentzel (later Dahlgren, 24 April 1908 – 1 January 1991) was a Swedish runner, who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Shortly before the Olympics she set a new world record in this event, which was broken two weeks later, but remained a national record until 1943.
Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games.Gentzel held Swedish titles in the 200 m in 1929 and in the 800 m in 1928–31.
She worked as a piano teacher in Nyköping and often appeared on the Swedish radio as a member of the vocal group Trio Rita, together with Ulla Castegren and Anna-Lisa Cronström.
She was a niece of the actor Ludde Gentzel.