Name William Thoresson Role Olympic athlete | Country represented Sweden | |
Born May 31, 1932 (age 91) ( 1932-05-31 ) Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's Floor Exercises Similar People Nobuyuki Aihara, Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov | ||
Karl Tore William Thoresson (born 31 May 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won two medals in the floor exercise: a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1956. He won another medal on the floor, a bronze, at the 1954 World Championships.
In 2001 Thoresson was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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