Magnus Wegelius
Finnish gymnast and sport shooter
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Karl Magnus Wegelius (20 August 1884 – 9 December 1936) was a Finnish multi-sport athlete who won five Olympic medals and eight Finnish national championships in sport shooting, gymnastics, and track and field athletics.
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| Full name | Kurt Magnus Wegelius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1884 Hattula, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 1936 (aged 52) Croydon, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Master of Science (Technology), Helsinki University of Technology, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupations | Engineer, plant manager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sport shooting, gymnastics, track and field athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sport
Olympics
| Games | Sport | Event | Rank | Notes |
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| 1908 Summer Olympics | Gymnastics | Men's team | 3rd | Source:[1] |
| 1920 Summer Olympics | Shooting | 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 37th– | Exact rank unknown |
| Team free rifle | 4th | |||
| 300 metre team military rifle, prone | 3rd | |||
| 300 metre military rifle, standing | 11th– | Exact rank unknown | ||
| 300 metre team military rifle, standing | 7th | |||
| 600 metre military rifle, prone | 11th | |||
| 600 metre team military rifle, prone | 8th | |||
| 300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone | 10th | |||
| 100 meter team running deer, single shots | 2nd | |||
| 100 metre team running deer, double shots | 3rd | |||
| 1924 Summer Olympics | Shooting | 100 meter running deer, single shots | 12th | |
| 100 meter team running deer, single shots | 5th | |||
| 100 meter running deer, double shots | 7th | |||
| 100 meter team running deer, double shots | 4th | |||
| Team clay pigeons | 3rd |
International
He won two bronze medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1929:[2]
- 100 metre running deer single shots, men team
- 100 metre running deer double shots, men team
National
In shooting, he won six Finnish championships in single-shot moose in 1914, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928.[3]
In track and field athletics, he won two Finnish national championship golds 4 × 100 metres relay and 1600 metre medley relay, both in 1910, representing the club Porin Tarmo.[4]
He was a treasurer and a vice president of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.[5]
Career
He performed his matriculation exam in Tampere Real Lycaeum in 1905 and graduated as a diplomi-insinööri from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1909.[5]
Beginning in 1910, he worked as an engineer. He became the manager of the SOK production plants in 1918.[5]
He was a board member of the Association of National Work.[5]
He was a Knight (Chevalier) of the White Rose of Finland.[5]
Family
His parents were farmer Uno Wegelius and Helena Charlotta Wirzenius. He married Ester Tavaststjerna in 1915 and Elsbeth Anna Martinson in 1929. He had a daughter.[5]
Death
He died in the 1936 KLM Croydon accident while on a business trip to England.[6][7]
