Curt Söderberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish steeplechase runner
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Place of Birth: Sollentuna Municipality, Sweden
About Curt Söderberg
- Curt Erik Valdemar Söderberg (19 January 1927 – 1 September 2010) was a Swedish steeplechase runner.
- He competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and fifth place, respectively.Söderberg won the national junior title in the 1,500 m steeplechase in 1946 and 1947, but was not selected for the 1948 Olympics.
- He won the senior 3,000 m steeplechase title in 1949–50 and 1953–55 and was ranked within the world's top 10 from 1947 to 1954, reaching #1 in 1949 and #4 in 1950.
- At the 1952 Olympics he set a national record at 8:55.6 and improved it to 8:52.8 in 1954.
- He retired around 1957 and later worked as a craft teacher.
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