Magnus Wegelius
| Magnus Wegelius medal table |
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 Finland
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1908 London | Gymnastics team |
| silver | 1920 Antwerp | Running stag single shot team |
| bronze | 1920 Antwerp | Running stag double shot team |
| bronze | 1920 Antwerp | Army rifle lying 300 m crew |
| bronze | 1924 Paris | Clay pigeon shooting team |
Karl Magnus Wegelius (born August 20, 1884 in Hattula ; † December 9, 1936 ) was a Finnish gymnast , marksman and athlete . In the course of his career he took part in three Olympic Games and won five medals, one of them silver and the rest bronze.
His first participation took place in London in 1908 when he was 23 years old and, as part of the Finnish gymnastics team, took third place in the team all-around competition .
Twelve years later he took part as a marksman in ten competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , where he was successful in three team competitions. Together with his teammates, he achieved second place in the running deer single shot competition and third place in the running deer double shot and army rifle prone 300 m competition . His last participation in Olympic Games took place in 1924 in Paris , where he had accepted in five disciplines, as concerns bronze medal in a team competition skeet shooting was.
Wegelius was the Finnish champion in the high jump from a standing start in 1909.
Web links
- Results from Magnus Wegelius at olympicdb.com
- Magnus Wegelius in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Wegelius, Magnus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wegelius, Karl Magnus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish gymnast and marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hattula |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1936 |