- Eric Lemming
Eric Valdemar Lemming (
February 22 ,1880 –June 5 ,1930 ) was a Swedish athlete who competed in a wide variety of events.Lemming won a total of 7 Olympic medals over three Olympics including 4 golds.
His Olympic experience began at the
1900 Summer Olympics inParis ,France . He tied for fourth place in both the high jump and pole vault, clearing 1.70 metres and 3.10 metres in the two events, respectively. Lemming took another fourth place finish in the hammer throw. He took eighth place in the discus throw.Lemming also competed in the long jump. He finished last of the twelve-man field with a distance of 5.500 metres. Lemming also competed in the triple jump and while his place and distance are unknown, he did not finish in the top six.
In the
1906 Summer Olympics inAthens ,Greece . He picked up four medals here, a bronze in the tug of war with the Swedish national team, a second bronze in the shot put, a third bronze in the pentathlon and a gold medal in the javelin (free style) event.He returned two years later to the
1908 Summer Olympics held inLondon ,Great Britain . Here he won a further two gold medals, defending his title in the javelin (free style) event, the last time this was to be held and also gaining the javelin title.At the next Olympics in 1912 Lemming retained his javelin title with a throw 6 metres further than he had thrown at the previous games.
References
* De Wael, Herman. "Herman's Full Olympians": "Athletics 1900". Accessed
18 March 2006 . Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1900.html ] .
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