Ã…ke Seyffarth

Karl Åke Seyffarth (* December 15, 1919 in Stockholm, † January 1, 1998 in Mora, Dalarna County ) was a Swedish speed skater.

At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz, he became Olympic champion over 10,000 meters and won the silver medal in the 1,500 m.

A year earlier had Seyffarth, who coached during the Second World War in Switzerland, where he had established two world records, won the first all-around championship after the Second World War.

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