Hjalmar Andersson
Hjalmar Andersson 
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| Full name | Svensk Hjalmar Zakeus Andersson | |||||||||
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| birthday | July 13, 1889 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Ljusnarsberg , Sweden | |||||||||
| size | 172 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg | |||||||||
| date of death | November 2nd 1971 | |||||||||
| Place of death | Insjön , Sweden | |||||||||
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| discipline | Cross-country run | |||||||||
| society | Insjön IF | |||||||||
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Hjalmar Andersson ( Svensk Hjalmar "Insjön" Andersson Zakeus ; born July 13, 1889 in Ljusnarsberg , † November 2, 1971 in Insjön ) was a Swedish long-distance runner .
At the cross-country run at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he won silver in the individual standings behind the Finn Hannes Kolehmainen and ahead of his compatriot John Eke and gold in the team standings together with Eke and fifth-placed Josef Ternström .
From 1918 to 1920 Andersson was three times in a row Swedish champion in cross country.
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee
- Hjalmar Andersson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Andersson, Hjalmar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andersson Zakeus, Svensk Hjalmar; Insjön |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljusnarsberg (municipality) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2nd 1971 |
| Place of death | Insjön |