Arvid Wallman
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Surname: | Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson Wallman | ||||||
Nationality: | Sweden | ||||||
Discipline (s) : | Diving | ||||||
Society: | Simklubben S02 Gothenburg | ||||||
Birthday: | February 3, 1901 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Gothenburg | ||||||
Date of death: | October 25, 1982 | ||||||
Place of death: | Gothenburg | ||||||
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Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson Wallman (born February 3, 1901 in Gothenburg , † October 25, 1982 ibid) was a Swedish diver . In 1920 he became Olympic champion in simple diving.
Wallman started for Simklubben S02 Gothenburg . He first took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 at the age of 19 . There he competed in the so-called simple tower diving, in which a total of four less acrobatic jumps from 5 m and 10 m height had to be shown. He won the gold medal ahead of his compatriots Nils Skoglund and John Jansson . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , he again took part in simple diving, but finished eighth in the final.
Web links
- Arvid Wallman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arvid Wallman Simhopp. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2012 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Wallman, Arvid |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallman, Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish diver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1982 |
Place of death | Gothenburg |