en Einar Nilsson

Einar Nilsson
Personal information
Born	8 June 1891; Råneå, Sweden
Died	22 February 1937 (aged 45); Partille, Sweden
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, decathlon, high jump
Club	Djurgårdens IF ; Örgryte IS, Göteborg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	SP – 14.44 m (1913); DT – 42.42 (1914); JT – 47.06 m (1909); Dec – 6586.06* (1911); HJ – 1.80 m (1911)

Einar Nilsson (8 June 1891 – 22 February 1937) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Career

Nilsson was selected to represent Sweden in his home Olympics in 1912 in Stockholm. He entered the pentathlon, decathlon and two varieties of shot put and discus throw. He failed to complete his decathlon program but placed fourth-tenth in the throwing events. Nilsson held national records in the shot put and discus throw, becoming the first Swede to break the 40 m barrier. He won five national titles in the shot put (1911–1914) and two in the discus (1911 and 1912), and placed second six times.^[4]^[5]

Nilsson won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1913 AAA Championships.^[6]^[7]^[8]

At the 1920 Olympic Games, he qualified only in the shot put and finished fifth.^[1]^[4]

Nilsson represented Djurgårdens IF and Örgryte IS.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Einar Nilsson. sports-reference.com
^ Einar Nilsson. trackfield.brinkster.net
^ ^a ^b "Einar Nilsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Einar Nilsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
^ Einar Nilsson 1891–1937 Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. storagrabbar.se
^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Athletic Feats". Sporting Life. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 November 2024.