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Eivor Olson

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Height
  
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Personal best(s)
  
13.29 m (1955)

Event(s)
  

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
75 kg (165 lb)

Name
  
Eivor Olson


Born
  
27 September 1922 (age 102) (
1922-09-27
)
Goteborg, Sweden

Club
  
Redbergslids IK, Goteborg

Eivor Olga Beatrice Olson (later Lagman; 27 September 1922 – 12 November 2016) was a Swedish athlete who competed mostly in the shot put. In this event she finished fifth at the 1946 European Athletics Championships, 11th at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 13th at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Olson was the Swedish champion in the shot put (1943–56) and javelin throw (1944–45) and finished second-third in the discus throw in 1942–43, 1944–45 and 1950. In 1955 she set a national record in the shot put.

References

Eivor Olson Wikipedia


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