Richard Sjöberg

Richard Sjöberg
Full name	Gustaf Richard Georgsson Sjöberg
nation	Sweden
birthday	September 20, 1890
place of birth	Karlskrona ,  Sweden
size	179 cm
Weight	69 kg
date of death	September 14, 1960
Place of death	Stockholm , Sweden
Career
discipline	High jump , pole vault
Best performance	High jump: 1.92 m; Pole vault: 3.60 m
society	IFK Stockholm

Richard Sjöberg (actually Gustaf Richard Georgsson Sjöberg ; born September 20, 1890 in Karlskrona , Sweden , † September 14, 1960 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the high jump and the pole vault .

Richard Sjöberg had his first international assignment at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , where he competed in his two specialist disciplines. In the high jump he could not qualify for the final with a skipped 1.75 m and took 13th place shared with nine other athletes. He also missed qualifying for the final in the pole vault . Although he jumped his personal best with 3.60 m, he only finished 12th.

In 1913 Sjöberg became the Swedish national champion in high jump. The following year he entered the open English amateur championships and was fourth in the high jump. However, he celebrated his greatest success in the pole vault, he was able to defeat the Irish Timothy Leahy in this competition. In 1915 Sjöberg set a new Scandinavian record with a high jump of 1.92 m.

In later years Richard Sjöberg was involved in the further development of orienteering . Even after his active career, he worked in various sports organizations. In 1925 he was treasurer of the Swedish Bandy Association .

Web links

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