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Edström was born in the tiny village of Morlanda, on the island of Orust, Bohuslän. He studied at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, where he graduated in 1891, and continued studying at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, and the United States. In his youth, he was a top sprinter, capable of finishing the 100 m in 11 seconds.
Johannes Sigfrid Edström had a relatively short but important reign as the fourth President of the IOC. For the Olympic Games 1912, Edström was Director and Vice-President of the Organising Committee and a member of the stadium building committee. During the Stockholm Games, Edström also ...
J. Sigfrid Edström, the fourth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1946 to 1952, was born on 21 November in Sweden, 137 years ago. It fell to him to lead the IOC in the middle of the Second World War. In 1931, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the reviver of the Olympic Games, described the Swede as endowed with “admirable ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Edström, J. Sigfrid (1870–1964) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies Length: 339 words. (1870–1964)A Swedish engineer, industrialist, and sport administrator who became the fourth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). As a student in Gothenburg, Edström was a sprinter. After studying in Switzerland, at Zurich's Federal ...
Sigfrid Edström (SWE) * 21.11.1870 † 18.03.1964 IOC-Member: 1921 - 1952. J. Sigfrid Edström, born on November 21, 1870, is one of the best known personalities in the world of sport. While a student at Gothenburg, Mr. Edström practiced athletics and was a very good runner.
The Belgian Comte led the IOC until his death in 1942, when he was succeeded by his vice-president Sigfrid Edström. Sigfrid Edström (1942–1952) When IOC president Henri de Baillet-Latour died in 1942, Swedish industrialist Sigfrid Edström took over as the acting president until the end of World War II, when he was formally elected IOC ...
Other articles where J. Sigfrid Edström is discussed: Olympic Games: National Olympic committees, international federations, and organizing committees: In 1912 Sigfrid Edström, later president of the IOC, founded the IF for athletics (track and field), the earliest of Olympic sports and perhaps the Games’ special focus. Because such sports as football (soccer) and basketball attract great ...
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