Harald Andersson

Harald Andersson

Ernst Harold Anderson (born April 2, 1907 in Stanford , † May 18, 1985 in Nynäshamn ) was a Swedish athlete . With a height of 1.90 m, his competition weight was 100 kg.

Harald Andersson was a versatile athlete who also competed in boxing and bandy . He left a lasting impression in the history of the discus throw , the discipline in which he was the Swedish champion from 1932 to 1935. As early as 1930 to 1933 he improved the Swedish record with the discus over 46.04 m up to 49.68 m.

On August 25, 1934, in the international match between Norway and Sweden in Oslo, he increased the American Paul Jessup's world record in the fifth attempt by 69 centimeters to 52.42 m, whereby he had already reached 52.20 m in the second attempt, officially recognized as a world record but was only the furthest attempt. On September 8, 1934, he was the first European champion in discus throw at the European Championships in Turin with 50.38 m, he was over three meters ahead of the French Paul Winter . Also in 1934 he was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal.

In 1935 Willy Schröder's world record was improved to 53.10 m. Andersson increased his best performance to 53.02 m and was also the outstanding discus thrower in 1935 with only two defeats in the whole year.

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , he was not in the shape of the two years before after an insect bite in the throwing hand and was eliminated from the qualification. Andersson never regained the shape of his two great years, 1934 and 1935.

literature

• Manfred Holzhausen: world records and world record holder. Shot put / discus throw , Grevenbroich 2000

Web links

• Harald Andersson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Harald Andersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee