Alvar Thiel

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Alvar Thiel sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: February 23, 1893
Place of birth: Stockholm
Date of death: 1st October 1973
Place of death: Stockholm
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Boat classes: 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Stockholm 1912 8 meter class

Alvar Thiel (born February 23, 1893 in Stockholm ; † October 1, 1973 there ) was a Swedish sailor .

successes

Alvar Thiel, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , won the silver medal as a crew member in the 8-meter class at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . At the regatta taking place in Nynäshamn , the Finnish boat Lucky Girl and the Swedish Sans Atout , whose skipper Bengt Heyman acted as skipper , came second in a total of two races, so that there was a tie-off between these two boats. In this, the Sans Atout prevailed, whose crew also included Emil Henriques , Herbert Westermark and Nils Westermark .

Thiel was director of Stockholms Enskilda Bank in Uppsala .

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personal data
SURNAME Thiel, Alvar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 1st October 1973
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden