Edvin Wide

Edvin Wide

Edvin Wide in 1923.
Personal information
Born	22 February 1896
Died	19 June 1996(1996-06-19) (aged 100)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games Silver 1924 Paris 10,000 m Bronze 1920 Antwerp 3,000 m team Bronze 1924 Paris 5,000 m Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 5,000 m Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 10,000 m

Emil Edvin Wide (22 February 1896 – 19 June 1996) was a Swedish middle- and long-distance runner.

Born in Finland, Wide competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, in the 3000 metre team, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren.

He returned to the Olympics four years later in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, where he had his greatest Olympic success in winning the silver medal in the 10,000 metres behind Ville Ritola of Finland. He also finished behind Ville in the 5,000 metres in winning his second Olympic bronze medal in a race won by Ville’s team mate Paavo Nurmi.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics the 5,000 metre medals went to the same people as in 1924, only the Finns swapped medals, leaving Edvin with his third Olympic bronze medal. He then finished behind the same two yet again for the third time in Olympic competition to win the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres. He died in Stockholm at age 100.

References

• Edvin Wide's obituary at The New York Times

External links

Media related to Edvin Wide at Wikimedia Commons

Records
Preceded by Paavo Nurmi	Men's 3,000m World Record Holder 7 June 1925 – 24 May 1926	Succeeded by Paavo Nurmi