Johan Gunnar Jansson (13 October 1897 – 15 December 1953) was a Swedish

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er who won a bronze medal at the 1934 European Championships. He competed at the

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and

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

and finished in 7th and 12th place, respectively. Jansson held Swedish titles in the hammer throw in 1931, 1933–35 and 1937 and in the

weight throw Two sports have events that fall under the name of weight throw one being the track and field event and the other being the Scottish highland games events. The track and field event is most popular in the United States as an indoor equivalent t ...

in 1929–31, 1933–35, 1937 and 1938.

References

1897 births 1953 deaths Swedish male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists People from Lindesberg Municipality Sportspeople from Örebro County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub