Bertil Jansson
Swedish shot putter
 Bertil Jansson in 1926 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 June 1898 Jönköping, Sweden |
| Died | 25 September 1981 (aged 83) Norrköping, Sweden |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Shot put, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, decathlon |
| Club | Örebro 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.[2] He competed in the shot put at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and eighth place, respectively.[3][4]
Jansson won the Swedish shot put title in 1916 and 1918–1929 and the English one in 1919 and 1921.[5] In 1918 he also competed domestically in decathlon.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Bertil Jansson. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Bertil Jansson". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Bertil Jansson. sports-reference.com
- ^ Bertil Jansson Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Bertil Jansson Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
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AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
- 1880: William Winthrop
- 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL)
- 1882: George Ross
- 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL)
- 1885: Donald McKinnon
- 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL)
- 1888: George Gray (CAN)
- 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene
- 1890: R.A. Greene
- 1891–92: William Barry (IRL)
- 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1900: Richard Sheldon USA
- 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA
- 1903: Tom Nicolson
- 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood
- 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1911: James Barrett (IRL)
- 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE
- 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
- 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA
- 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN
- 1923: James Barrett IRL
- 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1925: Herb Schwarze USA
- 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER
- 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA
- 1929: József Darányi HUN
- 1930: Jules Noël FRA
- 1931: József Darányi HUN
- 1932: Harry Hart SAF
- 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL
- 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1937: Hans Woellke GER
- 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA
- 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1946: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1947–48: David Guiney IRL
- 1949: John Giles
- 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG
- 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL
- 1952–54: John Savidge
- 1955–56: Barclay Palmer
- 1957–59: Arthur Rowe
- 1960–61: Arthur Rowe
- 1962: Jay Silvester USA
- 1963: Mike Lindsay
- 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN
- 1966: Jan Botha RSA
- 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA
- 1968–69: Jeff Teale
- 1970–71: Les Mills NZL
- 1972–73: Geoff Capes
- 1974: Al Feuerbach USA
- 1975–79: Geoff Capes
- 1980: Brian Oldfield USA
- 1981–82: Mike Winch
- 1983: Mike Carter USA
- 1984: Mike Winch
- 1985–86: Billy Cole
- 1987: Paul Edwards
- 1988–89: Simon Williams
- 1990–92: Paul Edwards
- 1993: Matt Simson
- 1994: Paul Edwards
- 1995: Mark Proctor
- 1996: Matt Simson
- 1997: Steph Hayward
- 1998–99: Mark Proctor
- 2000: Steph Hayward
- 2001–02: Mark Proctor
- 2003–06: Carl Myerscough
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