Erik Albin Almlöf (20 December 1891 – 18 January 1971) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. He competed at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

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, where he won the bronze medal. Due to

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no Olympics were held in 1916, but Almlöf returned to the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

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, Belgium, where he won his second Olympic bronze medal.

Career

Between the 1912 and 1920 Olympics, Almlöf won two national titles in 1913–14, finished third behind

Ivar Sahlin Ivar Sahlin (16 December 1895 – 24 November 1980) was a Swedish Track and field, track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Career Sahlin born in Sundsvall, won the British AAA Ch ...

in the triple jump event at the British 1914 AAA Championships, won the 1915–16 Swedish-American meet, won the 1919 Metropolitan (US) title, and was second at the US National Championships, both indoors and outdoors, in 1916. After the 1920 Olympics, Almlöf finished second at the United States – France – Sweden meet. His last major competition was the 1923 Göteborg Games, where he finished fourth. Almlöf was a businessman operating between Sweden and the United States, where he died in 1971. Almlöf represented

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 ...

and IFK Gävle.

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* 1891 births 1971 deaths Athletes from Stockholm Swedish male triple jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Djurgårdens IF athletes IFK Gävle athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub