Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (pentathlete)

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa (28 August 1899 – 18 July 1995) was a Swedish modern pentathlete and naval officer. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna

Oxenstierna at the 1932 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1899-08-28)28 August 1899 Stockholm, Sweden[1]
Died	18 July 1995(1995-07-18) (aged 95) Täby, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Club	Flottans IF, Karlskrona
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Individual

Oxenstierna belonged to one of the oldest noble families of Sweden, which is known from the 13th century. In 1917 he became a Navy officer and in 1932 appointed naval attaché in Paris; upon his return to Sweden he was promoted to lieutenant commander. During World War II he served as a defense attaché in London. His enciphered cables to his government were treacherously passed on to the Germans by a code clerk in Stockholm who deciphered them, becoming a major source of naval intelligence to the Nazi regime. He retired in 1954 in the rank of sea captain.[3]

In 1922 Oxenstierna married Görel Elisabeth Huitfeldt; they had two sons and one daughter. They divorced in 1946, and Oxenstierna remarried the same year.[3]

References

1. Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna. Swedish Olympic Committee
2. "Olympics Statistics: Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
3. "Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.