Hans Höglund

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Hans Yngve Höglund (23 July 1952 – 4 October 2012) was a Swedish shot putter He competed in the 1976 Olympics and finished eighth.

Höglund set his personal record of 21 33 m in Provo, Utah, United States, while winning the 1975 NCAA Championships for the University of Texas, El Paso.

This results remained the Swedish national record for almost 50 years till Wictor Petersson broke it at the swedish indoor championships with 21 49 M He also won three consecutive Swedish (1974–76) and NCAA titles (1973 and 1975).