Harald Andersson

Harald Andersson ( born April 2, 1907 in Stanford as Ernst Harold Anderson; † 18 May 1985 in Nynäshamn ) was a Swedish athlete. At a height of 1.90 m his competition weight was 100 kg.

Harald Andersson was a versatile athlete, who competed in boxing and bandy. He left a lasting impression in the history of the discus throw, the discipline in which he was from 1932 to 1935 Swedish champion. Already in the years 1930 to 1933 he improved the Swedish record with the discus over 46.04 meters to 49.68 meters on.

On 25 August 1934, he boosted the international match against Norway in Oslo Sweden the world record of the American Paul Jessup in the fifth attempt by 69 centimeters to 52.42 meters, where he had already come in the second attempt to 52,20 meters, officially recognized as a world record but was only the best attempt. On September 8, 1934 he was at the European Championships with 50.38 meters, the first European Champion in the discus throw, he had about three meters ahead of Frenchman Paul Winter. Also in 1934, he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -.

1935, the world record by Willy Schroeder was improved to 53.10 meters. Andersson increased its best performance to 53.02 meters and was equipped with only two losses in the whole year 1935, the outstanding discus thrower.

In the 1936 Olympics he was after an insect bite in the throwing hand is not in the form of two years ago and was eliminated in the qualification. The form of his two great years in 1934 and 1935 reached Andersson ever again.

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