Artefacts

Amsterdam 1928, single-loader Kal 22 pistol used by Sven THOFELT (SWE), Olympic champion of modern pentathlon.

Physical description

Single-loader Kal 22 pistol. The pistol is in a wooden box. It comes with an explanatory note.

Used

Used: Sven THOFELT (19.5.1904)

Materials

wood, metal

Colors

black, brown, silver

Dimension

14 x 36 cm, 2.5 cm, 1077 g

Literature

"Sven Thofelt. Sur les traces de Pierre de Coubertin". In: Olmypic Magazine, Mars 1996, N° 9, pp. 38-40. CASANOVA, Daniel. Histoire du tir sportif. Boulogne-Billancourt : ETAI, 2013.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> pistol

Reference number

43153

Keywords

Olympic champion Amsterdam 1928, Olympic Games Modern pentathlon Shooting

Notes

22-calibre shotgun belonging to Sven THOFELT (SWE), Olympic modern pentathlon champion, Amsterdam 1928 Sven THOFELT also won a silver medal in Berlin in 1936, and a bronze medal in London in 1948, but in fencing.