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Sigfrid Edström
Johannes Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and fourth president of the International Olympic Committee.
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business · President of the IOC from 1942 to 1952 · engineer · athletics competitor · politician · businessperson · also Sigfrid Edström, J. Sigfrid Edström, Sigfried Edstrom, Edström
Born 21 November 1870 · Died 18 March 1964 · Q1625
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2020· 1 entry
gp: Sigfrid Edström – chalmeristen som erövrade världen
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1964· 1 entry
Died 1964-03-18.
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1954· 1 entry
Won The Chalmers' Medal (1954).
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1952· 1 entry
Retired from this position and was succeeded by Avery Brundage
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1942· 3 entries
Awarded Royal Order of Vasa (1942).
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Career landmark: president of the International Olympic Committee (1942–1952).
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Edström was the acting president until the end of World War II, when he was formally elected president
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1931· 1 entry
Edström was involved in the controversial decision to ban Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi from competing at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, as he saw Nurmi as a professional athlete despite the fact that in April 1932 the Finn
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1920· 1 entry
And after holding a position on the Executive Committee, became vice-president in 1931
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1912· 1 entry
Career landmark: World Athletics President (1912–1946).
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1891· 1 entry
And continued studying at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, and the United States
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1870· 1 entry
Born 1870-11-21.
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