Eric Lemming

Eric Lemming
Full name	Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming
nation	Sweden
birthday	February 22, 1880
place of birth	Gothenburg
size	190 cm
Weight	88 kg
date of death	June 5, 1930
Place of death	Gothenburg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	62.32 m
society	IS Lyckans Soldater, Göteborgs IF
Medal table
Olympic games 3 × 0 × 0 × Olympic Intermediate Games 1 × 0 × 3 ×
Olympic games gold London 1908 Freestyle javelin throw gold London 1908 Javelin throw gold Stockholm 1912 Javelin throw Olympic Intermediate Games gold Athens 1906 Javelin throw bronze Athens 1906 Shot put bronze Athens 1906 Pentathlon bronze Athens 1906 Tug of war

Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (born February 22, 1880 in Gothenburg ; † June 5, 1930 ibid) was a Swedish athlete and tug of war .

Lemming is considered to be the inventor of modern spear throwing technology . In 1899 he set the first official record with 49.32 m and dominated the development for about 15 years.

Successes in detail

• 1900, Olympic Games in Paris: 4th place in high jump , 4th place in pole vault , 4th place in hammer throw , 8th place in discus throw , 12th place in long jump
• 1902: On August 31, he threw a new world record in the javelin throw (50.44 m).
• 1906, Olympic Games in Athens: gold in freestyle javelin throw; Bronze in the shot put ; Bronze in pentathlon ; Bronze in the tug of war
• 1908, Olympic Games in London: gold in the javelin throw (54.825 m); Gold in the freestyle javelin throw (54.445 m)
• 1912, Olympic Games in Stockholm: gold in the javelin throw (60.64 m)
• 1912, Stockholm: On September 29th he threw another world record in the javelin throw (62.32 m).

Web links

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• Eric Lemming in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Short biography (with photo and video material)