Wollmar Boström

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWollmar Filip•Boström
Used nameWollmar•Boström
Born15 June 1878 in Överselö, Strängnäs, Södermanland (SWE)
Died7 November 1956 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE)
AffiliationsKLTK, Stockholm (SWE)
NOC Sweden
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Wollmar Boström played tennis at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in indoor doubles in 1908, alongside Gunnar Setterwall. Boström played Wimbledon in 1905, receiving a first round bye and then losing his next match.

Boström came from a political family, as he was the son of Filip Boström, Governor of Södermanland County, and his uncle was Swedish Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström. Wollmar began work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1903, and was Swedish Ambassador to Washington, DC from 1925-45.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Tennis SWE Wollmar Boström
Singles, Covered Courts, Men (Olympic) =5
Doubles, Covered Courts, Men (Olympic) Gunnar Setterwall 3 Bronze
1912 Summer Olympics Tennis SWE Wollmar Boström
Singles, Men (Olympic) =17
Doubles, Men (Olympic) Curt Benckert =5
Singles, Covered Courts, Men (Olympic) =16
Doubles, Covered Courts, Men (Olympic) Curt Benckert =5