Arvid Wallman

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Arvid Wallman Diving
Personal information
Surname: Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson Wallman
Nationality: SwedenSweden 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

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.

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Individual evidence

  1. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sok.se