Axel Persson

Axel Persson
To person
Full name	Axel Wilhelm Persson
Date of birth	January 23, 1888
date of death	2nd September 1955
nation	Sweden
discipline	Road , rail
Societies)
approx. 1910 to 1920	SK Iter (Stockholm) ; Uppsala CK (Uppsala)
Most important successes
	Olympic games Olympic champion in team time trial 1912 Team time trial 1920
	Last updated: January 28, 2013

Axel Wilhelm Persson (born January 23, 1888 in Eskilstuna , † September 2, 1955 in Västerhaninge ) was a Swedish cyclist .

Axel Persson was active as an amateur cyclist from around 1910 to 1920. During these years he was Swedish champion nine times in the sprint , individual time trial and team time trial disciplines . In 1914 he also won the important Swedish road race around Mälaren . In 1919 he was also the Scandinavian champion in the individual time trial.

Twice, in 1912 and 1920, Persson took part in the Olympic Games : in 1912 in Stockholm he was ninth in the road race that led over the route around Mälaren ; the Swedish team with Persson, Erik Friborg , Algot Lönn and Ragnar Malm won gold in the team championship. In 1920 in Antwerp he finished twelfth in the street race and won silver with the team ( Sigfrid Lundberg , Ragnar Malm, Harry Stenqvist ).

Remarks

↑ The times of the best four drivers on a team were added up for this evaluation.

Web links

Axel Persson in the Radsportseiten.net database

Axel Persson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Persson, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Persson, Axel Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eskilstuna
DATE OF DEATH	2nd September 1955
Place of death	Västerhaninge

[1] The times of the best four drivers on a team were added up for this evaluation.