Kletus Vilhelm "Wille" Andersson (11 March 1891 – 21 September 1933) was a

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water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and freestyle swimmer. He competed in water polo at the 1908,

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and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and won a silver medal in 1912 and a bronze in 1920, finishing fourth in 1924. In swimming he competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won 18 national titles between 1909 and 1920. He was the son of Cletus William Andersson, a dentist. His younger brother Erik Cletus Thule Andersson also competed in water polo at the 1924 Olympics.

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* 1891 births 1933 deaths Swedish male water polo players Swedish male freestyle swimmers Olympic water polo players of Sweden Olympic swimmers of Sweden Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics SK Neptun water polo players Sportspeople from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-waterpolo-bio-stub

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