Folke Jansson Explained

Birth Date:23 April 1897
Birth Place:Jönköping, Sweden
Death Date:18 July 1965 (aged 68)
Death Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Height:1.87m (06.14feet)
Weight:80kg (180lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump, hurdles
Club:Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Pb:TJ – 15.09 m (1920)
110 mH – 16.7 (1917)
Show-Medals:yes

Folke Georg "Pytta" Jansson (23 April 1897 – 18 July 1965) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the triple jump.[1]

career

Janson competed at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and finished in second and fifth place, respectively.

Jansson won seven Swedish triple jump titles, in 1917 and 1919–24, and held the Swedish record from 1918 to 1931. Jansson won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1921 AAA Championships.[2] [3] [4]

He worked as an insurance clerk in Gothenburg.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Folke Jansson . Olympedia . 20 July 2021.
  2. News: Athletics . Northern Whig . 2 July 1921 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 30 November 2024 .
  3. News: Where Britain leads . Birmingham Daily Gazette . 4 July 1921 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 30 November 2024 .
  4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 30 November 2024 .

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