Gunnar Setterwall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gunnar Setterwall

Swedish tennis player

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1881

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1928

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gunnar Setterwall

  • Carl Gunnar Emanuel Setterwall (18 August 1881 – 26 February 1928) was a Swedish tennis player who won four Olympic medals.
  • In 1908 he won a bronze in the men's indoor doubles, alongside Wollmar Boström.
  • Four years later he won three more medals.
  • In the mixed doubles (with Sigrid Fick) and indoor doubles (with Carl Kempe) tournament he reached the final but lost both times.
  • Sigrid Fick was also his partner in the mixed indoor event and together they won a bronze medal.Setterwall's father, also named Carl, was a multimillionaire controlling much of iron works during the railway's development in Scandinavia.
  • His son followed in his steps, eventually taking over the family firm.

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