Magda Julin

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Olympic medal record
Ladies' figure skating
Gold 1920 Antwerp Singles

Magda Julin born Mauroy, (July 24, 1894 in France - December 21, 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish figure skater and 1920 Olympic champion in the ladies' singles event.

Julin was a daughter of the French music producer Edouard Mauroy. The family moved to Sweden when Julin was 7 years old. She only participated once in World Championships and came in at 6th place. She was 3 months pregnant when she competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. She also won the Swedish championships three times and twice at the Nordic Championships.

Magda Julin had two sons and spent her last years of life in an old age pensionare home in Stockholm.

At the age of 90 Magda Julin could still be seen skating at the public open air ice rink in Kungsträdgården in central Stockholm. She was invited to participate in an inauguration of an ice rink in Östersund/Sweden in autumn 1990.

Results

Event 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Summer Olympic Games 1st
World Championships 6th
Nordic Championships 1st 1st
Nordic Games 1st
Swedish Championships 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st

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