Ragnar Olof Jakob Stenberg (14 June 1887 – 6 December 1954) was a Finnish
sprinter and a sports leader.
Athletics
Olympic Games
He was injured during the Finnish Olympic trials of 1908, but was selected based on his performance the previous year.
He was a board member of the
Finnish Olympic Committee
The Finnish Olympic Committee (; ) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the I ...
in 1919–1920 and 1923–1926.
National
He is credited with two Finnish record times in 400 metres:
* 9 September 1906, he tied the current record with 52.4 seconds
* 31 August 1908, his time 53.0 is noted as a national record
In the
Finnish Championships in Athletics
The Finnish Athletics Championships, which are known as ''Kalevan kisat'' in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. Since then, they have been held in a different location every year. In the beginning, women were not allowed to compete in t ...
, he won a five golds:
* 400 metres: 1907
* 110 metre hurdles: 1907
and 1909
* combined running championship: 1907
and 1909
Other
Stenberg was a member of the
International Association of Athletics Federations
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, coverin ...
Council in 1921–1926.
He was the chairman of the track and field athletics chapter of the
Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation, the predecessor of the
Finnish Athletics Federation, in 1914–1915 and 1919–1922.
He was a manager of
Clas Thunberg
Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893 – 28 April 1973) was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 (along with a silver and a bronze medal) and ...
.
Personal
His parents were father Jakob Esaias Stenberg and mother Anna Maria Brofeldt.
His brother R. E. Stenberg was also a sprinter, who broke the Finnish record for 4 × 100 metres relay in 1917.
He graduated as a licentiate of dentistry in 1914.
His practice was in Helsinki.
References
External links
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1887 births
1954 deaths
Athletes from Helsinki
Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Finland
Finnish male sprinters