Sven Thofelt

Sven Alfred Thofelt was a Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer, born in Stockholm on 19 May 1904, who died in Djursholm on 1 February 1993 and competed at the 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. He won the modern pentathlon gold medal in 1928, finished fourth in 1932 and 1936, competing in 1932 with broken ribs and an injured arm after a fall from his horse, and won two team medals in fencing in 1936 and 1948. He also won four bronze and two silver medals in team épée at the world championships of 1931 to 1947. An Army officer who rose to colonel and inspector of the Swedish Anti-Aircraft Artillery, he was president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union from 1960 to 1988 and an IOC member from 1970 to 1976.