Folke_Jansson

Folke Jansson

Folke Jansson

Swedish triple jumper

Folke Georg "Pytta" Janson (23 April 1897 – 18 July 1965) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the triple jump.[2] He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and finished in second and fifth place, respectively.[3][4]

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Folke Jansson won seven Swedish triple jump titles, in 1917 and 1919–24, and held the Swedish record from 1918 to 1931; in 1921 he also won the Amateur Athletic Association of England championships. He worked as an insurance clerk in Gothenburg.[3][5]

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    Folke Janson. trackfield.brinkster.net
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    "Folke Jansson". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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    Folke Janson Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
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    Folke Jansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
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    Folke Janson 1897–1965. storagrabbar.se


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