Björne Väggö
Personal information
Born (1955-09-09) 9 September 1955
Malmö, Sweden
Sport
SportFencing
College teamNotre Dame[1]
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1984 Los AngelesÉpée, individual

Björne Väggö (born 9 September 1955) is a Swedish fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] He is discussed in "Epee 2.0: The Birth Of The New Fencing Paradigm",[3] and is a contributor to the revised edition: "Epee 2.5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented".[4]

Awards

  • Sweden Swedish Fencing Federation Royal Medal of Merit in gold (Svenska fäktförbundets kungliga förtjänstmedalj i guld) (2011)[5]

References

  1. "Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish".
  2. "Björne Väggö Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. Harmenberg, Johan (2007). Epee 2.0: The Birth of the New Fencing Paradigm. ISBN 978-0978902216.
  4. Harmenberg, Johan (15 October 2014). Epee 2. 5: The New Paradigm Revised and Augmented. ISBN 978-0985444181.
  5. "Högsta utmärkelse, personer" (in Swedish). Swedish Fencing Federation. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.


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