Gösta Olson
Appearance
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Gustaf Adolf Olson | ||||||||||||||
Born | Linköping, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | 10 May 1883||||||||||||||
Died | 23 January 1966 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Club | Stockholms Gymnastikförening | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gustaf Adolf "Gösta" Olson (10 May 1883 – 23 January 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and fencer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the all-around gold medal, and was eliminated in the first round of the individual épée event.[2][3] He was a member of the fencing club Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gösta Olson". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gustaf Olson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Gösta Olson. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Gösta Olson at Olympics.com
- Gösta Olson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Gösta Olson at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1966 deaths
- Swedish male artistic gymnasts
- Swedish male épée fencers
- Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Sweden
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Linköping
- Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande fencers
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish artistic gymnast stubs
- Swedish fencing biography stubs