Richard Johansson

Richard Johansson
Full name	Carl Richard Johansson
nation	Sweden
birthday	June 18, 1882
place of birth	Gävle
date of death	July 24, 1952
Place of death	Gävle
Career
discipline	Single run, pair run
Partner	Gertrud Ström
society	IFK Gävle
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games silver London 1908 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze Stockholm 1909 Couples

Carl Richard Johansson (born June 18, 1882 in Gävle ; † July 24, 1952 ) was a Swedish figure skater who started in single and pair skating .

At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 , he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Ulrich Salchow and ahead of his compatriot Per Thorén and was part of the Swedish podium in the men's competition at these first Olympic Games where figure skating was part of the program.

The four-time Swedish champion took part in world championships four times and once in European championships , but could not win a medal there. In his only appearance in pair skating, however, he won the bronze medal at the side of Gertrud Ström at the 1909 World Cup in Stockholm, his home country .

Results

Single run

Competition / year	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914
winter Olympics					2.
World championships		4th				4th		5.			9.
European championships										5.
Swedish championships	1.				1.	1.	1.

Pair skating

(with Gertrud Ström )

Competition / year	1909
World championships	3.

Web links

• Richard Johansson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )