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Bertil Jansson

Bertil Jansson
Bertil Jansson in 1926
Personal information
Born29 June 1898
Jönköping, Sweden
Died25 September 1981 (aged 83)
Norrköping, Sweden
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, decathlon
ClubÖrebro SK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)SP – 15.08 m (1927)
HJ – 1.80 m (1918)
TJ – 13.68 m (1918)
PV – 3.40 m (1918)
Decathlon – 6393 (1918)[1]

Oskar Bertil Petrus Jansson (29 June 1898 – 25 September 1981) was a Swedish athlete, who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Jansson won the Swedish shot put title in 1916 and 1918–1929. In 1918 he also competed domestically in decathlon and the following year, Jansson won the British AAA Championships shot put title at the 1919 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]

At the 1920 Olympic Games, Jansson competed in the shot put at the 1920 and finished in ninth place.[2][6] Jansson won another British AAA shot put title at the 1921 AAA Championships and also finished third behind Benjamin Howard Baker in the high jump event at the same championships.[7][8][9][1]

Four years later at the 1924 Olympic Games, Jansson finished in eighth place during the shot put event.[10][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Bertil Jansson. trackfield.brinkster.net
  2. ^ a b c "Bertil Jansson". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Bertil Jansson Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
  6. ^ Bertil Jansson. sports-reference.com
  7. ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  10. ^ Bertil Jansson Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Swedish Olympic Committee
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertil_Jansson