Erik Bergvall
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Born | Västerfärnebo, Sweden | April 7, 1880|||||||||||
Died | February 4, 1950 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 69)|||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
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Erik Gustaf Bergvall (7 April 1880 – 4 February 1950) was a Swedish water polo player, journalist and sports official. He also promoted the Bergvall system, a variation of the traditional knockout tournament system which was used at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Water polo player
As a water polo player, Bergvall represented Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics and helped the national water polo team gain the bronze medal in the water polo.[2] At club level, Bergvall represented Stockholms KK.[1]
Sports official
In 1904, Bergvall was among the founding member of the
Journalist
As a journalist Bergvall worked mainly at the sportspaper Nordiskt Idrottslif, published between 1900 and 1920. He had two spells working for this newspaper, firstly between 1900 and 1903 and then again between 1905 and 1920. He was also the chief editor and compiler of the official report of the 1912 Summer Olympics[4] and wrote and/or edited or was a main contributor to some 30 books, including reports on the Olympic Games between 1920 and 1948 for the Swedish Olympic Committee.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Erik Bergvall". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ profile www.databaseolympics.com Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ www.la84foundation.org Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1912 Olympic Report
- ^ www.la84foundation.org Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Erik Bergvall at Olympics.com
- Erik Bergvall at Olympedia
- Erik Bergvall at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)