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Carl-Olof Nylén
Carl-Olof "Olle" Siggesson Nylén (30 June 1892 – 2 October 1978) was a Swedish otologist and tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He is also known in microsurgery as a first man who designed surgical microscope which was used in otolaryngology. In 1912, he and his partner Charles Wennergren were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the outdoor doubles. They lost in the first round in the indoor doubles.[2][3] In the outdoor mixed doubles as well as in the indoor mixed doubles he and his partner Edith Arnheim lost in the first round.[2][3] Nylén was born to the military doctor Sixtus Nylen (1854–1911) and Anna Choler (1862–1929). In 1915–16, he won a few Swedish titles in singles and doubles, and in 1917, he was ranked as the best test player in Sweden.[3] References
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