Bertil Jansson

Bertil Jansson
Personal information
Bertil Jansson in 1926
Born	29 June 1898 Jönköping, Sweden
Died	25 September 1981 (aged 83) Norrköping, Sweden

Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, decathlon
Club	Örebro SK
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	SP – 15.08 m (1927) HJ – 1.80 m (1918) TJ – 13.68 m (1918) PV – 3.40 m (1918) Decathlon – 6393 (1918)^[1]

Oskar Bertil Petrus Jansson (29 June 1898 – 25 September 1981) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and eighth place, respectively.^[2]^[3]

Jansson won the Swedish shot put title in 1916 and 1918–1929 and the English one in 1919 and 1921.^[4] In 1918 he also competed domestically in decathlon.^[1]

References

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↑ Bertil Jansson Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. storagrabbar.se

AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
1876–1914	1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL) 1882: George Ross 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL) 1888: George Gray CAN 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891–92: William Barry (IRL) 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1911: John Barrett (IRL) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
1919–39	1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: John Barrett IRL 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1925: Herb Schwarze USA 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA 1929: József Darányi HUN 1930: Jules Noël FRA 1931: József Darányi HUN 1932: Harry Hart SAF 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: Hans Woellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
1946–59	1946: Aad de Bruyn NED 1947–48: David Guiney IRL 1949: John Giles 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL 1952–54: John Savidge 1955–56: Barclay Palmer 1957–59: Arthur Rowe
1960–present	1960–61: Arthur Rowe 1962: Jay Silvester USA 1963: Mike Lindsay 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN 1966: Jan Botha RSA 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA 1968–69: Jeff Teale 1970–71: Les Mills NZL 1972–73: Geoff Capes 1974: Al Feuerbach USA 1975–79: Geoff Capes 1980: Brian Oldfield USA 1981–82: Mike Winch 1983: Mike Carter USA 1984: Mike Winch 1985–86: Billy Cole 1987: Paul Edwards 1988–89: Simon Williams 1990–92: Paul Edwards 1993: Matt Simson 1994: Paul Edwards 1995: Mark Proctor 1996: Matt Simson 1997: Steph Hayward 1998–99: Mark Proctor 2000: Steph Hayward 2001–02: Mark Proctor 2003–10: Carl Myerscough

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