Great Olympians

Biographies - SVE

Nikolajs Švedrevics

B. 1891-01-18, Riga, Latvia, competed for Russia

Olympic Competitor nr 5475

• 1912-07-06-13:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, qualifying - 20th (1)

Arvid Svendel

Olympic Competitor nr 6780

• 1912-07-17-12:20 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Christian Svendsen

Olympic Competitor nr 6337

• 1912-07-10-11:30 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Free system - third (640)

Emil Hegle Svendsen

B. 1985-07-12, Norway
Biathlon (2 gold, 1 silver)

	2010	HP
10 km	silver	3000
10 km + 12.5 km Pursuit	9th	192
20 km	gold	6400
15 km Mass-start	13th	25.6
4 x 7.5 km	gold	1600
		11217.6

Harry Svendsen

Olympic Competitor nr 6212

• 1912-07-09-12:30 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Backstroke, round one, heat three - third - fourth fastest (24)

Carl Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 3053

• 1906-04-27-17:00 - Weightlifting - One-handed - fifth (750)
• 1906-04-30-16:00 - Tug-of-War - semifinals - lost (QB)
• 1906-04-30-16:30 - Tug-of-War - bronze medal match - won (960)

Gottfrid Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 6018

• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round one - lost
• 1912-07-11-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round three - won by decision
• 1912-07-13-09:30 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Lightweight (-67.5 kg), round four - lost - eliminated (0.96)
• 1920 40.5

Hugo Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 6394

• 1912-07-10-15:15? - Athletics (track & field) - Pole Vault, qualifying, group two - 18th (3.84)

Ivar Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 5216

• 1912-06-29-19:00 - Football - round one - lost (Qc)
• 1912-07-01-19:00 - Football - consolation round - lost (54)

Karl-Erik Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 5999

• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - first (1600)

Karl-Johan Svensson

Olympic Competitor nr 3878

• 1908-07-15-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Sweden - first (1200)
• 1912-07-08-14:00 - Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system - first (1600)

Rudolf Svensson

B. 1899-03-27, Gudhem, Sweden; D. 1978-12-04
Wrestling (2 gold, 2 silver)

Greco-Roman	1924	1928	1932	HP
Light heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	silver			37800
(+82.5 kg)		gold
(-87 kg)			gold
Free-style
Light heavyweight (-87 kg)	silver			6000
				43800

One of the select list of wrestlers to have won medals in both styles.
(see Kalle Anttila, Wilfried Dietrich, Ivar Johansson, Kristjan Palusalu, Carl Westergren, Hamit Kaplan)

Written 2002-10-29 - last modified  2011-10-12

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