Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish

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, and the oldest figure skating Olympic champion (at age 38). As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911. In 1910, he partnered with

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Ludowika Eilers Ludovika Antje Margareta Jakobsson-Eilers (née Eilers, 25 July 1884 – 1 November 1968) was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with her husband Walter Jakobsson, she won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympic ...

. As pairs skaters, they won the

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in 1911, 1914, and 1923, and the

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gold in 1920. They finished second at the 1924 Olympics and fifth in 1928. Jakobsson studied engineering in Berlin, where he met Eilers in 1907. They married in 1911, and in 1916 moved to Helsinki, where Jakobsson got a job of the technical director of Kone OY (now

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), a leading manufacturers of cranes. He held that post until retiring in 1947. He was also an amateur

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and member of the ''Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors'' (Helsinki Amateur photography Club). His specialty was dark city scenes with special light effects like rain or mist.

Results

Pairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

Men's singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsson, Walter 1882 births 1957 deaths Finnish pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of Finland Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Helsinki Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics