Magda Julin
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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 |
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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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