Claës-Axel Wersäll
| Claës-Axel Wersäll medal table |
||
|---|---|---|
 Sweden
|
||
| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| gold | 1912 Stockholm | Gymnastics team |
Claës-Axel Wersäll (born June 26, 1888 in Irsta , Västerås kommun ; † February 12, 1951 ) was a Swedish gymnast .
Life
Claës-Axel Wersäll was born in 1888 as the son of the politician Claës Wersäll and his wife Charlotta (née Lewenhaupt). He grew up with eight brothers and one sister. Another sister died shortly after she was born.
In 1912 he took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. With the Swedish team he won the gold medal in apparatus gymnastics in the "Swedish System" competition . His brother Gustaf also competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Furthermore, four more of his brothers took part in the course of the Summer Olympic Games, one brother as a functionary and three brothers as helpers.
Another brother, Ture Wersäll , had already participated in the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 and achieved the bronze medal in the tug of war with the Swedish team .
Web links
- Claës-Axel Wersäll in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee (Swedish)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wersäll, Claës-Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irsta , Västerås commun |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1951 |