Bengt Persson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bengt Persson

Swedish athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1939

Place of Birth: Lövånger, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Date of Death: 14-Oct-2013

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Bengt Asbjörn "BP" Persson (31 October 1939 – 14 November 2013) was a Swedish runner.
He competed in the steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships, 1968 Summer Olympics, and 1969 European Athletics Championships and placed 9th, 10th and 11th, respectively.
Persson won the steeplechase at the Nordic Championships in 1963 and 1965.
He was the Swedish champion in the steeplechase (1963–69), 5000 m (1965), 10,000 m (1965), 12 km cross country (1964–66), and 4 × 1500 m relay (1965–67).