Herbert Westermark

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Herbert Westermark sailing
Nationality: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: August 30, 1891
Place of birth: Stockholm
Date of death: October 29, 1981
Place of death: Stockholm
Society: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Boat classes: 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Stockholm 1912 8 meter class

Johan Herbert Westermark (born August 30, 1891 in Stockholm , † October 29, 1981 ibid) was a Swedish sailor and medic .

successes

Herbert Westermark, who was a member of the Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet , won the silver medal as a crew member in the 8-meter class at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . At the regatta taking place in Nynäshamn , the Finnish boat Lucky Girl and the Swedish Sans Atout , whose skipper Bengt Heyman acted as skipper , came second in a total of two races, so that there was a tie-off between these two boats. In this the Sans Atout prevailed, whose crew also included Alvar Thiel , Emil Henriques and his brother Nils Westermark .

Westermark completed his medical studies in 1918 and was, among other things, chief physician in the Swedish Navy .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westermark, Herbert . In: Karin Nordquist (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1943 . 16th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1942, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 889 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  2. ^ Westermark, J Herbert . In: Sten Lagerström, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1969 . 29th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1968, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 1015 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Westermark, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westermark, Johan Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sailor and medic
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1981
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden