Carl Hjalmar August Johansson (20 January 1874 – 30 September 1957) was a

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pioneer diver and

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who competed at the

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and

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Biography

Johansson was 32 years old when he competed in three different events at the

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, firstly he entered the 100 m freestyle swimming, where he came fourth in his heat so qualifying for the final the next day, in the final there was nine swimmers and Johansson finished eighth, the same day he competed in the standing long jump event and jumped 2.690 metres to finish 19th out of 30. Finally he competed in his favoured event the combined platform diving event, where he finished in sixth place out of 24 divers. Two years later at the

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he won a gold medal in the 10 m diving platform beating three other Swedish divers and an American in the final, and was eliminated in the heats of 200 m breaststroke. Johansson also rescued a fellow diver who passed out after hitting the water poorly. In 1912, aged 38, he won a silver medal in the plain high diving finishing behind fellow Swede

Erik Adlerz Erik Wilhelm "Loppan" Adlerz (23 July 1892 – 8 September 1975) was a Swedish diver who competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round in the 10 metre platform event. Four years later ...

who was just 19 years old, he also finished fourth in the 10 m platform. Johansson significantly contributed to designing the Olympic code for conduct of diving competitions. He also invented diving styles, such as the "Swedish Swallow". He won the Swedish diving title from 1897 to 1912, except for two years when he was studying in London, and the British title from 1907 to 1913. In 1982 he was inducted into the

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as an honor diver/contributor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Hjalmar 1874 births 1957 deaths Swedish male divers Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male long jumpers Olympic divers of Sweden Olympic swimmers of Sweden Divers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Swimmers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Divers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Stockholms KK swimmers Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swedish male breaststroke swimmers People from Karlskrona Sportspeople from Blekinge County 20th-century Swedish people Stockholms KK divers

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