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Swedish track and field athlete
Bruno Söderström
Personal information
Born28 October 1881
Stockholm, Sweden
Died1 January 1969 (aged 87)
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw, pole vault, high jump, hurdles
ClubIFK Stockholm
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)JT – 45.00 m (1906)
PV – 3.66 m (190)
HJ – 1.73 m (1904)
110 mH – 16.2 (1907)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1906 Athens Pole vault
Bronze medal – third place 1906 Athens Javelin throw
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Pole vault

Vilhelm Bruno Söderström (28 October 1881 – 1 January 1969) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, pole vault and high jump and won three medals. He also served as the Swedish flag bearer at the 1906 Games.

Söderström represented IFK Stockholm. His elder brother Gustaf competed in athletics events at the 1900 Games.

Söderström won the pole jump event (as it was called at the time) at the British 1907 AAA Championships. The following year he finished second behind Ed Archibald at the 1908 AAA Championships.

Besides athletics, Söderström was a banker and a sports administrator. In 1909, after visiting the United States, he began popularizing bowling in Sweden and building the first bowling venues there. Next year, he founded Idrottsbladet, which soon became the major Swedish sports newspaper, and became its first editor. He later wrote several books in various genres, including fiction.

References

  1. ^ Bruno Söderström. Sports Reference
  2. Bruno Söderström. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Bruno Söderström". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ Bruno Söderström. Swedish Olympic Committee
  5. "Champion athletes". Daily Record. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "AAA Championships". Sporting Life. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

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