Fredrik Svanström, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Fredrik Svanström

Finnish athlete

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1885

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1959

Profession: middle-distance runner

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Aadolf Fredrik Svanström (born 3 December 1885, Pargas, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire; died 17 April 1959, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish middle distance runner, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He won one medal at the Finnish Championships in Athletics: He broke a few Finnish records in middle-distance running, but only one of them was ratified: 1000 metres with the time 2:38.2 in Braunschweig, German Empire, in 1907.
However, before 1923 only races in Finland were ratified as national records. 1500 metres, 4:22.0, Turku, 1 September 1907.
Was ratified. Mile, 4:38.8, Stockholm, Sweden, 14 September 1907.
Not ratified. 1500 metres, 4:19.6, Stockholm, Sweden, 15 September 1907.
Not ratified.In 1911 he graduated as a veterinary physician from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover.