Charles Luther

Charles Luther
Charles Luther at the 1912 Olympic Games
Full name	Karl August Luther
nation	Sweden
birthday	August 8, 1885
place of birth	Gothenburg ,  Sweden
size	179 cm
Weight	64 kg
date of death	January 24, 1962
Place of death	Gothenburg, Sweden
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	100 m: 10.9 s 200 m: 22.3 s
society	IFK Gothenburg
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Stockholm 1912 4 × 100 m
last change: February 13, 2017

Charles Luther (actually Karl August Luther ; born August 8, 1885 in Gothenburg , † January 24, 1962 in Härlanda , Gothenburg) was a Swedish sprinter .

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he won silver with the Swedish team in the 4 x 100 meter relay . He reached the semi-finals over 100 m and 200 m .

In 1913 and 1915 he was national champion over 100 m.

Personal bests

• 100 m: 10.9 s, September 7, 1913, Kristiania
• 200 m: 22.3 s, July 10, 1912, Stockholm

Web links

• Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee
• Charles Luther in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Luther in the trackfield.brinkster.net database , accessed on June 5, 2019.