Valborg Florström

Valborg Florström
Personal information
Full nameHedvig Valborg Florström
NicknameValma
NationalityFinnish
Born(1878-12-05)5 December 1878
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died18 December 1956(1956-12-18) (aged 78)
Helsinki, Finland
Sport
SportDiving
ClubHelsingfors Simsällskap

Hedvig Valborg "Valma" Florström (5 December 1878 – 18 December 1956) was a Finnish diver, who won five national championships.

She performed a diving exhibition with Ebba Gisico of Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which was the first appearance of women in Olympic aquatics.[1] This also made her the first woman in a Finnish Olympic team.

She won the Finnish national championship gold in women's platform diving in 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911.

She represented the club Helsingfors Simsällskap,[2] where she was a board member in 1910–1912,[3] and a swimming teacher in 1901–1912.[4]

Sources

  • Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 37. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

References

  1. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  2. ^ Mustonen, Pertti (2006). Sata altaassa. Suomen uimaliitto 1906–2006 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 41. ISBN 951-37-4490-6.
  3. ^ Henriksson, John; et al., eds. (1947). Helsingfors simsällskap — minnesskrift vid 60-årsjubiléet 1947 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Helsingfors simsällskap. pp. 186–187.
  4. ^ Henriksson, John; et al., eds. (1947). Helsingfors simsällskap — minnesskrift vid 60-årsjubiléet 1947 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Helsingfors simsällskap. pp. 195–196.


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