Erik Almlöf

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Erik Almlöf
Erik Almlof 1912.jpg
Almlöf at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born20 December 1891
Stockholm, Sweden
Died18 January 1971 (aged 79)
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
Club Djurgårdens IF;
IFK Gävle
Achievements and titles
Personal best14.48 m (1922)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1912 Stockholm Triple jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1920 Antwerp Triple jump

Erik Albin Almlöf (20 December 1891 – 18 January 1971) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the triple jump. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he won the bronze medal. [1] Due to World War I no Olympics were held in 1916, but Almlöf returned to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where he won his second Olympic bronze medal. [2] [3]

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Career

Between the 1912 and 1920 Olympics, Almlöf won two national titles in 1913–14, finished third behind Ivar Sahlin in the triple jump event at the British 1914 AAA Championships, [4] [5] [6] won the 1915–16 Swedish-American meet, won the 1919 Metropolitan (US) title, and was second at the US National Championships, both indoors and outdoors, in 1916.

After the 1920 Olympics, Almlöf finished second at the United States – France – Sweden meet. His last major competition was the 1923 Göteborg Games, where he finished fourth. Almlöf was a businessman operating between Sweden and the United States, where he died in 1971. [3]

Almlöf represented Djurgårdens IF and IFK Gävle. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Erik Almlöf". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. Erik Almlöf. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. 1 2 Erik Almlöf Archived 26 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Sports-Reference.com
  4. "Amateur Athletics" . Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Applegarth's Feats" . Manchester Courier. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 November 2024.