Arvid Knöppel

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJohan Arvid Konstantin•Knöppel
Used nameArvid•Knöppel
Born7 March 1867 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE)
Died8 March 1925 (aged 58 years 1 day) in Bad Nauheim, Hessen (GER)
AffiliationsVäxjö SG, Växjö (SWE)
NOC Sweden
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Sports shooter Johan Arvid Knöppel won a gold medal at the 1908 London Olympic Games in the running target, single shot team competition. He was a brewery owner and author and married to Maria Cecilia Elsbeth Schultz, who was a Swedish sculptor, draftswoman, printmaker, writer and painter. Their son Gustav Arvid Knöppel became an Olympic artist who participated as a sculptor at the 1932 Los Angeles Games.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Shooting SWE Arvid Knöppel
Running Target, Single Shot, Team, Men (Olympic) Sweden 1 Gold
Trap, Men (Olympic) DNS

Olympic family relations