Gustaf Dyrssen

Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen was a Swedish Army officer and Olympic modern pentathlete, born in Stockholm on 24 November 1891 and died on 13 May 1981. He won the modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics and took silver in it in 1924, then competed in the individual and team épée at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a team silver in 1936. He won seven épée medals at the world championships of 1931 to 1938. His military career took him to the rank of lieutenant general, and he was commandant general in Stockholm from 1945 to 1957. He was also president of the Swedish Fencing Federation, president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union from 1949 to 1960, and a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1970.