Ture Wersall
| Ture Wersäll medal table |
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 Sweden
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| Olympic Intermediate Games | ||
| bronze | 1906 Athens | Tug of war |
Claës Ture Wersäll (born August 12, 1883 in Stockholm ; † December 18, 1965 there ) was a Swedish tug of war.
Life
Ture Wersäll was born in 1883 as the son of the politician Claës Wersäll and his wife Charlotta (née Lewenhaupt). He grew up with eight brothers and one sister. Another sister died shortly after she was born.
In 1906 he took part in the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens and won the bronze medal in the tug of war with the Swedish team .
Several of his brothers took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Claës-Axel Wersäll and Gustaf Wersäll as athletes, one brother as a functionary and three brothers as helpers.
Web links
- Ture Wersäll in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Entry on the website of the Swedish Olympic Committee (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=27092
- ↑ http: //www.gäddeholmsherrgård.se/index.php/component/content/article? Id = 162: charlotta-lewenhaupt-och-wersaellarna & catid = 4: historia
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wersall, Ture |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wersäll, Claës Ture (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish tug of war |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1965 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |