Gösta Holmér

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Gösta Holmér

Full name Gustaf Richard Mikael Holmér
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday September 23, 1891
place of birth Djursdala,  Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 84 kg
date of death April 22, 1983
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden
Career
discipline Hurdles ; High jump ; Decathlon
Best performance 110 m hurdles: 15.8 s; High jump: 1.85 m;
Decathlon: 5889 points
society Upsala SIF
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze Stockholm 1912 Decathlon

Gustaf Richard Mikael "Gösta" Holmér (born September 23, 1891 in Djursdala , Vimmerby , † April 22, 1983 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the all- around competition and also appeared as a runner over 110 meter hurdles . He started for the Upsala SIF , was 1.85 m tall and weighed 84 kg.

After finishing his active career, he worked for the Swedish Athletics Federation. From 1925 to 1957 he was the head coach of the Swedish Athletics Federation. He is the developer of the driving game and increased the training speed while maintaining the same amount of training for the runners.

National services

Holmér won a total of ten national championship titles:

There are also two runner-up championships in 1917 and 1920 over the hurdles.

International services

Holmér participated in two Olympic Games: 1912 in Stockholm and 1920 in Antwerp .

  • In Stockholm he competed in high jump , pentathlon and decathlon.
    • In the high jump he missed the required qualification height of 1.83 m by jumping 1.60 m.
    • In the pentathlon it went quite well for him at first. He managed 31.78 m in the discus throw , 24.0 s over 200 m and 45.46 m in the javelin throw and was one of the twelve athletes who were allowed to continue the competition with the fourth discipline. But then he did not go beyond 6.02 m in the long jump and fell back to twelfth place. However, since only the best six athletes were allowed to take part in the final 1,500 m run , he had to end the competition early and came eighth in the overall standings.
    • In the decathlon he won the bronze medal behind his two compatriots Hugo Wieslander and Charles Lomberg . His achievements: 100 m 11.4 s, long jump 5.98 m, shot put 10.98 m, high jump 1.70 m, 400 m 53.2 s, discus throw 31.78 m, 110 m hurdles 17.0 s, pole vault 3.20 m, javelin throw 46.28 m and 1500 m 4: 41.9 min. However, the medal has an aftertaste. Originally, Holmér had finished the decathlon in fourth. The winner, the American Jim Thorpe , was disqualified the following year for violating the amateur statutes , with the result that the gold medal was awarded to Wieslander in second place and Holmér moved up to the bronze medal place. Decades later Thorpe was rehabilitated and declared Olympic champion together with Wieslander. The placements were not affected by this decision; Lomberg and Holmér were allowed to keep their silver and bronze medals.
  • In Antwerp he started over 110 m hurdles and in the decathlon.
    • In the hurdles he had the bad luck of having to start in the prelude with the strongest participation by far - even the runner-up was faster than the winners of the other five races with 15.4 seconds. Holmér was third and was eliminated.
    • In the decathlon he came fourth behind the Norwegian Helge Lövland , the American Brutus Hamilton and the Swede Bertil Ohlson . His performance: 100 m 11.8 s, long jump 5.92 m, shot put 11.06 m, high jump 1.70 m, 400 m 56.5 s, 110 m hurdles 16.6 s, discus throw 34.82 m, pole vault 3.20 m, discus throw 47.62 m and 1500 m 5: 01.6 min.

Top performances

  • 110 m hurdles: 15.8 s (July 9, 1914 in Malmö and August 1, 1920 in Stockholm)
  • High jump: 1.85 m (September 16, 1917 in Stockholm), 10th place in the world rankings
  • Decathlon: 7570.455 points (July 27, 1919 in Linköping ), 2nd place in the world rankings, plus further top ten placements:
    • 1912: 5th place with 7347.855 points (July 15th in Stockholm)
    • 1913: 3rd place with 7222.080 points (October 5th in Uppsala )
    • 1914: 4th place with 7229.655 points (July 9 in Malmö)
    • 1918: 5th place with 6941,250 points (July 28th in Gävle )
    • 1920: 10th place with 6741,970 points (July 4th in Stockholm)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ calculated according to the decathlon table from 1985
  2. ↑ Leif Yttergren: The Professionalization and scientification of athletics training in Sweden 1910-1957. Two examples: Ernie Hjertberg and Göhe Holmér. Stadium 40 (2014), 1, 57-72.
  3. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997). In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change. Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.
personal data
SURNAME Holmér, Gosta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holmér, Gustaf Richard Mikael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Djursdala , Vimmerby
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1983
Place of death Stockholm