Arvid Fredrik "Sparven" Spångberg (3 April 1890 – 11 May 1959) was a Swedish Olympic bronze-medallist diver and

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

player. He competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

. He was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

and died in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. He won the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform event. As a diver, Spångberg represented SK Neptun. Arvid Spångberg also played football and bandy, representing Skeppsholmens IF and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

. He played the 1908 Swedish bandy championship final with Djurgårdens IF Bandy against Östergötlands BF and was part winning Djurgården's first Swedish bandy championship.

Honours

Club

; Djurgårdens IF: *

Svenska Mästerskapet Svenska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football competition held as a cup to decide the Swedish Champions between 1896 and 1925. It was held during a short period, and all games were often played in either Gothenburg or Stockholm Stockholm ( ...

: 1908

References

External links

Arvid Spångberg's profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1890 births 1959 deaths Swedish male divers Swedish bandy players Divers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Djurgårdens IF Bandy players SK Neptun divers Male high divers Divers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub