Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish figure skater, and the oldest figure skating Olympic champion (at age 38). As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911. In 1910, he partnered with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. As pairs skaters, they won the World Championship in 1911, 1914, and 1923, and the Olympic gold in 1920. They finished second at the 1924 Olympics and fifth in 1928.[1]
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Born | Helsinki, Finland | 6 February 1882||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 June 1957 Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retired | 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jakobsson studied engineering in Berlin, where he met Eilers in 1907. They married in 1911, and in 1916 moved to Helsinki, where Jakobsson got a job of the technical director of Kone OY (now Konecranes), a leading manufacturers of cranes. He held that post until retiring in 1947. He was also an amateur photographer and member of the Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors (Helsinki Amateur photography Club). His specialty was dark city scenes with special light effects like rain or mist.[2]
Results
editPairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers
editEvent | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1928 |
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Winter Olympics | 1st | 2nd | 5th | |||||||||
World Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||||
Nordic Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||
Finnish Championships | 1st | 1st |
Men's singles
editEvent | 1910 | 1911 |
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Finnish Championships | 1st | 1st |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Jakobsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Walter Jakobsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
External links
edit- Walter Jakobsson at Olympics.com
- Walter Jakobsson at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)