Gert Blomé

Gert Blomé

Personal information
Born	28 August 1934 (1934-08-28) (age 82) Gävle, Sweden
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ice hockey
Club	Gävle IK (1956–1961) Västra Frölunda IF (1961–1972)
Retired	1972
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Team World Championships 1958 Oslo Team 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team 1963 Stockholm Team 1965 Tampere Team 1967 Vienna Team

Gert Arne Blomé (born 28 August 1934) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fifth and second place, respectively. At the world championships he won one gold (1962), two silver (1963 and 1967) and two bronze medals (1958, 1967). He was a European champion in 1962, finished second in 1958, 1963, 1964 and 1967 and third in 1959–1961 and 1965.^[1][2]

Blomé started to play with Gävle IK in 1956 and won a national title next year. In 1961 he moved to Västra Frölunda IF and won another Swedish title in 1965, receiving the Goldpucken Award as the best Swedish player. He was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1961, 1962, 1965 and 1967 and was awarded the Stora Grabbars Märke #55.^[1]

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