Arvid Spångberg

Arvid Spångberg
Spångberg at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1890-04-03)3 April 1890
Stockholm, Sweden
Died11 May 1959(1959-05-11) (aged 69)
New York City, United States
Sport
ClubSK Neptun
Medal record
Men's Diving
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London high diving

Arvid Fredrik "Sparven" Spångberg (3 April 1890 – 11 May 1959) was a Swedish Olympic bronze-medallist diver and bandy player.[1] He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stockholm and died in New York City. He won the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform event.[2] As a diver, Spångberg represented SK Neptun.[2]

Arvid Spångberg also played football and bandy, representing Skeppsholmens IF and Djurgårdens IF.[1] He played the 1908 Swedish bandy championship final with Djurgårdens IF Bandy against Östergötlands BF and was part winning Djurgården's first Swedish bandy championship.[3]

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

References

  1. ^ a b "Arvid Spångberg - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté".
  2. ^ a b "Arvid Spångberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "1907-1919 - Svenska Bandyförbundet". www.svenskbandy.se. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.
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