Häckner was Swedish champion in the javelin throw in 1913, 1914, 1917 and 1918.[1][2] In all these years the two-handed format was used: the javelin was separately thrown with the right hand and the left hand, with the best results for both hands added together.[1] In 1917 he broke Urho Peltonen's world record for this event, totalling 114.28 and throwing 61.81 with his better hand.[1][2][3][4]
As throwing the javelin with both hands soon became a rarity, Häckner's world record has never been officially broken.[1][2][4] Norway's Olav Sunde achieved a total of 117.21 in 1930, throwing 66.86 with his better hand,[3] but that record wasn't officially ratified as the competition had been unsanctioned.[5]
Later life
Häckner was a lawyer by profession, and had his own law firm in Stockholm between 1937 and 1966.[1] He also participated in politics, supporting the Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet).[1] He opposed Nazism and advocated boycotting the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1] He represented the Liberal People's Party in the second chamber of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) from 1948 to 1952.[1]
His paternal grandfather, Jonas Andersson, had also been a member of the Riksdag.[1]
^ abVélez Blasco, Miguel. "Part III: Llançaments – Tema 12 JAVELINA"(PDF) (in Catalan). Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya / Federació Catalana d'Atletisme. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
