Albrekt Almqvist

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlbrekt Persson•Almqvist
Used nameAlbrekt•Almqvist
Born14 November 1880 in Västra Hoby, Lund, Skåne (SWE)
Died10 April 1961 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE)
AffiliationsP1 IF, Stockholm (SWE)
NOC Sweden

Biography

Albrekt Almqvist was a member of the Swedish tug-of-war team at the 1908 London Olympics. The team finished fourth after losing their first-round match to the British Liverpool Police team, 2 pulls to 0. All of the team members appear to have been military men as they represented military sport clubs. Almqvist was a member of positionsartilleriregemente 1 idrottsförening, which was the sports club of the 1st Positions Artillery regiment of the Swedish army.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Tug-Of-War SWE Albrekt Almqvist
Tug-Of-War, Men (Olympic) Sweden 4