Walter Jakobsson

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Olympic medal record
figure skating
Gold 1920 Antwerp Pairs
Silver 1924 Chamonix Pairs

Walter Andreas Jakobsson, (born February 6, 1882 in Helsinki, Finland; died July 10, 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater, who became 1920 Olympic Champion in pairs, and is three-time World champion together with his skating partner and wife Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers.

Walter Jakobsson skated in pairs together with Ludowika Eilers, who was born in Germany. They married each other in 1911.

He was also amateur photographer and member of the "Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors" (Helsinki Amateur photography Club, FiH). His specialty were dark city photographs with special light effects like rain or mist.

Walter Jakobsson was an engineer.

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[edit] Results with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

[edit] Olympic Winter Games

[edit] World Championships

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