Olle Ericsson

Olle Ericsson medal table
Sport shooting
Sweden
Olympic games
bronze	Antwerp 1920	AG standing 300 m (M)
World championships
bronze	Rome 1927	FG three position fight 300 m
silver	Rome 1927	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
gold	Loosduinen 1928	FG three position fight 300 m
silver	Loosduinen 1928	FG lying 300 m
bronze	Loosduinen 1928	FG kneeling 300 m
bronze	Loosduinen 1928	FG standing 300 m
bronze	Loosduinen 1928	AG kneeling 300 m
silver	Loosduinen 1928	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
silver	Stockholm 1929	FG lying 300 m
gold	Stockholm 1929	KK standing 50 m
gold	Stockholm 1929	AG three position fight 300 m
silver	Stockholm 1929	AG lying 300 m
silver	Stockholm 1929	AG standing 300 m
bronze	Stockholm 1929	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
silver	Stockholm 1929	KK lying 50 m (M)
bronze	Lwów 1931	FG three position fight 300 m
silver	Lwów 1931	FG standing 300 m
gold	Lwów 1931	KK lying 50 m (M)
bronze	Lwów 1931	KK standing 50 m (M)
bronze	Lwów 1931	KK kneeling 50 m (M)
silver	Granada 1933	FG standing 300 m
bronze	Granada 1933	FG three position fight 300 m (M)
bronze	Granada 1933	KK standing 50 m (M)
silver	Granada 1933	KK kneeling 50 m (M)
bronze	Rome 1935	KK standing 50 m
bronze	Rome 1935	AG three position fight 300 m
gold	Rome 1935	AG standing 300 m
silver	Rome 1935	KK lying 50 m (M)
bronze	Rome 1935	KK standing 50 m (M)
bronze	Rome 1935	KK kneeling 50 m (M)
silver	Rome 1935	AG three position fight 300 m (M)
bronze	Helsinki 1937	FG horizontal 300 m (M)
silver	Helsinki 1937	AG horizontal 300 m (M)
silver	Lucerne 1939	KK lying 50 m (M)

Olof Charles "Olle" Ericsson (born June 1, 1890 in Kumla , † July 25, 1950 in Örebro ) was a Swedish sports shooter .

successes

Olle Ericsson took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris in 1924 . In a standing position with the army rifle, he won the bronze medal behind Denmark and the United States in 1920 together with Leonard Lagerlöf , Mauritz Eriksson , Walfrid Hellman and Hugo Johansson . Ericsson was the team's best shooter with 54 points. In 1924 he did not get past 14th place with the free rifle and 26th place with the small bore rifle while lying down, while he finished seventh in the team competition with the free rifle.

Ericsson won a total of 34 medals at world championships and was world champion five times. In 1928 he secured his first title win in Loosduinen with the free rifle in the three-position fight. The following year in Stockholm he won the title in the three-position battle with the army rifle and with the small bore rifle in the standing position. His fourth title win he succeeded in 1931 in Lwów in the team competition with the small bore in the prone position. His last world title followed in 1935 when he took first place with the army rifle in the standing position. In addition to his five gold medals, Ericsson also won 14 silver and 15 bronze medals between 1927 and 1939.

Web links

Commons : Olle Ericsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Olle Ericsson in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
• Olle Ericsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Olle Ericsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)