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Grenhopp
Grenhopp () and mellanhopp () were events in early Swedish athletics contested regularly until the 1930s. Both are jumps, in height and length respectively, involving artistic gymnastics apparati. Grenhopp Grenhopp was a gymnastics, gymnastic movement in the works of Pehr Henrik Ling. In the 1880s, it was introduced to the athletics programme in Sweden. The jumper jumps over the long direction of a pommel horse, with one touch to gain height in the beginning of the horse, and to clears a tower of ''mumrik''s – horsehair-stuffed pillows of sailcloth or other hard fabric – placed on it. In competition, for each height, one mumrik is added to the tower. The lower mumriks are fastened to the horse. The jumper takes off with both feet from the horse and separates their legs. On approaching the horse, they further take off from the beginning of the horse to pass over the mumriks. For each height, the jumper has three attempts. A valid attempt is when the mumriks remain and the rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Silfverstrand
Carl Johan Silfverstrand (9 October 1885 – 2 January 1975) was a Swedish gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908, he finished tenth in the pole vault and twentieth long jump. In 1912, he was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event. Born in Helsingborg, Silfverstrand first represented IS Göta. From 1907, as an athlete, he represented Djurgårdens IF. As a gymnast, he represented Stockholms GF. He won the grenhopp event at 1905 Swedish Athletics Championships and the long jump at the 1908 edition. He also set three Swedish records in mellanhopp – 3.89 m cm in 1907, 4.26 m in 1909 and 4.33 m in 1911. He finished third behind Ed Archibald in the pole jump event at the British 1908 AAA Championships. His personal bests in athletics were 3.30 m in the BV (1907), 6.59 m in the LJ (1909), and 11.1 in the 100 m (1910). After retiring from competitions, he worked as a sports ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |