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Walter Jakobsson

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Walter Jakobsson
Ludowika and Walter Jakobsson
Born(1882-02-06)6 February 1882
Helsinki, Finland
Died10 June 1957(1957-06-10) (aged 75)
Zürich, Switzerland
Figure skating career
Country Finland
Retired1928
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1924 Chamonix Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Pairs
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1923 Oslo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1922 Davos Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1914 St. Moritz Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1913 Stockholm Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1912 Manchester Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1911 Vienna Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1910 Berlin Pairs

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]

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

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Pairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

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Event 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1928
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

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Event 1910 1911
Finnish Championships 1st 1st

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Walter Jakobsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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