title: Gösta Eriksson
text: # Gösta Eriksson
  
  Gösta Gunvald Eriksson (born 26 January 1931) is a retired Swedish rower who competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Eriksson was born on January 26, 1931, in Little Skee, Sweden, outside Strömstad.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### Olympic Competitions
  
  In the 1956 Summer Olympics, held in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden, he won a silver medal in the coxed four and finished fourth in the eight competition. Four years later, at the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy, he and his partner Lennart Hansson were eliminated in the repechage of the coxed pair event and in the first round of the coxless pair competition.
  
  ### European Championship
  
  Eriksson won two more silver medals at the 1955 European Championships, in the coxed four and eight.
  
  