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Hjördis Töpel
Hjördis Viktoria Töpel (4 January 1904 – 17 March 1987) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer and diver who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She competed in both diving and swimming at the 1924 Olympics. In swimming she entered the 200m breaststroke, the 100m The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ... and 400m freestyle events and the 4×100m freestyle relay. Her team won bronze in the relay and she finished seventh in the breaststroke. She also won an individual bronze medal in the Women's 10m Platform event.Hjördis Töpel at the Olympics Olympian D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in Metropolitan Gothenburg, the metropolitan area. Gustavus Adolphus, King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621 as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies during the ongoing Thirty Years' War, e.g. tax relaxation, he also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast; this trading status was furthered by the founding of the Swedish East India Company. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the , where Scandinavia's largest dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingegärd Töpel
Ingegärd Margareta Töpel (13 May 1906 – 11 July 1988) was a Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform event at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ..., alongside her elder sister Hjördis, but neither of them advanced into the final round.Ingegärd Töpel Swedish Olympic Committee References 1906 births 1988 deaths Olympic ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Female Freestyle Swimmers
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Divers At The 1928 Summer Olympics
Diver or divers may refer to: *Diving (sport), the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water *Practitioner of underwater diving, including: **scuba diving, **freediving, **surface-supplied diving, **saturation diving, and ** atmospheric suit diving People * Diver (surname) *Edward Divers (1837–1912), British chemist *"Diver", nickname of Tom Derrick (1914–1945), Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Military *V-1 flying bomb, code named "diver" by the British World War II armed forces **Operation Diver, the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign * AUM-N-4 Diver, a proposed U.S. Navy torpedo-carrying missile of the late 1940s. * Diver (United States Navy) Arts and entertainment * ''Diver'' (EP), a 2006 EP by A Wilhelm Scream * "Diver" (Nico Touches the Walls song), a 2011 song by Nico Touches the Walls * "Diver" (Kana-Boon song), a 2015 song by Kana-Boon * ''Divers'' (album), a 2015 album by Joann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Births
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 – The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 17 – Anton Chekhov's last play, ''The Cherry Orchard'' («Вишнëвый сад», ''Vishnevyi sad''), opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski, 6 month's before the author's death. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurli Ewerlund
Gurli Ewerlund (13 October 1902 – 10 June 1985) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics, along with Aina Berg, Wivan Pettersson and Hjördis Töpel Hjördis Viktoria Töpel (4 January 1904 – 17 March 1987) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer and diver who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She competed in both diving and swimming at .... She also competed in the individual 100 m and 400 m events, but failed to reach the finals. References 1902 births 1985 deaths Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish female freestyle swimmers SK Ran swimmers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Malmö 20th-century Swedish sportswomen Malmö SS swimmers {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wivan Pettersson
Wivan Pettersson (24 January 1904 – 7 November 1976) was a Swedish swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics, along with Aina Berg, Gurli Ewerlund and Hjördis Töpel Hjördis Viktoria Töpel (4 January 1904 – 17 March 1987) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer and diver who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She competed in both diving and swimming at .... Individually, she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke and failed to reach the 100 m freestyle final. In 1925 she set two Swedish records in the 200 m breaststroke. References 1904 births 1976 deaths Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish female freestyle swimmers Swedish female breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Eskilstuna 20th-century Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aina Berg
Aina Berg (7 January 1902 – 7 October 1992) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... In 1920 she also competed in the individual 100 m and 300 m events, but failed to reach the finals. Berg was the national 100 m champion in 1921–1926 and her national record stood from 1921 until 1932. References External links * * 1902 births 1992 deaths Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Swimmers from Gothenburg Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish female freestyle swimmers SK Najaden swimmers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewa Olliwier
Eva Viola Elisabet "Ewa" Olliwier (later ''Lundqvist'', 13 January 1904 – 7 August 1955) was a Swedish diver, who won bronze medals in the 10m platform event at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1927 European Aquatics Championships. At the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ..., she finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard competition and failed to reach the final in the platform. References Further reading * External links * 1904 births 1955 deaths Swedish female divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Divers from Stockholm Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Stockholms KK divers Women's World Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
