Arnold Vaide (17 April 1926 – 5 June 2011) was an Estonian-born Swedish athlete and

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coach. He was involved with various sections of the Halmstad sports club for 40 years.

Athletics career

Arnold Vaide was born and raised in Salla, Estonia. His brother Karl Vaide was an accomplished orienteer, skiing and shooting referee and trainer. While a student, he began training as a skier under instruction of Elmar Liiv. In 1944, following the second Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, Vaide fled to Sweden as a refugee while his brother Karl remained in Estonia and became an Estonian veteran orienteering champion. He competed for Sweden in the marathon at the

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and

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Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively. He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.

Football career

In 1963 he served as a coach of

club

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, alongside Rune Ludvigsson. He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.

References

1926 births 2011 deaths People from Väike-Maarja Parish Swedish football managers Halmstads BK managers Swedish male long-distance runners Swedish male marathon runners Estonian football managers Estonian male long-distance runners Estonian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Estonian emigrants to Sweden Estonian World War II refugees {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub