Walter Jakobsson

Olympic medal record
figure skating
	1920 Antwerp	Pairs
	1924 Chamonix	Pairs

Walter Jakobsson
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	(1882-02-06)February 6, 1882 Helsinki, Finland
Died	July 10, 1957(1957-07-10) (aged 75) Zürich, Switzerland
Former partner	Ludowika Jakobsson
Medal record Competitor for  Finland Pairs Figure skating Olympic Games 1924 Chamonix Pairs 1920 Antwerp Pairs World Championships 1923 Oslo Pairs 1922 Davos Pairs 1914 St. Moritz Pairs 1913 Stockholm Pairs 1912 Manchester Pairs 1911 Vienna Pairs 1910 Berlin Pairs

Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 in Helsinki, Finland – 10 July 1957 in Zürich, Switzerland) was a Finnish figure skater.

As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911.

In 1910, he became pairs skating partner with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. They married in 1911. As pairs skaters, they won the World Championship in 1911, 1914, and 1923, and the Olympic championship in 1920.

He was an engineer by profession and also an amateur photographer and member of the Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors ("Helsinki Amateur photography Club"). His specialty was dark city scenes with special light effects like rain or mist.

Results

Pairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

Men's singles

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