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About Birger Asplund
- Karl Birger Asplund (born 21 July 1929) is a retired Swedish hammer thrower.
- He represented his native country at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of 21st place in 1964.
- At the 1958 European Athletics Championships he placed sixth, setting a national record.Asplund won 15 consecutive national titles in 1954–68 and became the Nordic champion in 1961 and 1963.
- Before 1964 he improved the national record 17 times.
- In 1970 Asplund set the Masters M40 World Record at 64.70 m.
- It was broken almost two years later by Hal Connolly, the 1956 Olympic champion.
- Ashland's record was more than a meter and a half further than Connolly threw in the Olympics.
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