Daniel Norling

Daniel Norling medal table
Gymnast , rider
Sweden Sweden
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1908 London	Gymnastics team
gold	1912 Stockholm	Gymnastics team
gold	1920 Antwerp	Show jumping, team

Lars Daniel Norling (born January 16, 1888 in Stockholm , † August 28, 1958 in Malmö ) was a Swedish gymnast and rider . As such, he was Olympic champion several times .

Life

Norling first took part in the Summer Olympics in London in 1908 , where he competed in the team all- round competition , one of the two apparatus gymnastics competitions . With the Swedish team, which also included his brother Axel Norling , he won the gold medal. Four years later in Stockholm, Norling, like his brother, competed in apparatus gymnastics again and won the gold medal in the "Swedish System" competition with the Swedish team.

His next Olympic participation took place in 1920 at the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp . This time he competed as a show jumper with his horse Eros II and won the gold medal in this discipline with the Swedish team.

Web links

Daniel Norling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Bill Mallon, Anthony Th. Bijkerk: The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary (2003)

personal data
SURNAME	Norling, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Norling, Lars Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish gymnast and show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1958
Place of death	Malmo , Sweden

[1] Bill Mallon, Anthony Th. Bijkerk: The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary (2003)