William Thoresson
Swedish gymnast
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Country represented | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1932-05-31) 31 May 1932 (age 91) Göteborg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Göteborgs Turnförening | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl Tore William Thoresson (born 31 May 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won two medals in the floor exercise: a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1956. He won another medal on the floor, a bronze, at the 1954 World Championships.[1][2]
In 2001, Thoresson was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3]
References
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External links
- William Thoresson at the International Gymnastics Federation
- William Thoresson at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- William Thoresson at Olympedia
- William Thoresson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Floor Exercise
- 1896–1928: not included
- 1932: István Pelle (HUN)
- 1936: Georges Miez (SUI)
- 1948: Ferenc Pataki (HUN)
- 1952: William Thoresson (SWE)
- 1956: Valentin Muratov (URS)
- 1960: Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN)
- 1964: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1968: Sawao Katō (JPN)
- 1972: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1976: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1980: Roland Brückner (GDR)
- 1984: Li Ning (CHN)
- 1988: Sergey Kharkov (URS)
- 1992: Li Xiaoshuang (CHN)
- 1996: Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)
- 2000: Igors Vihrovs (LAT)
- 2004: Kyle Shewfelt (CAN)
- 2008: Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2012: Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2016: Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2020: Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
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