Walter Jakobsson
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1920 Antwerp | Pairs |
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1924 Chamonix | Pairs |
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| Country represented |  Finland |
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| Born | February 6, 1882 Helsinki, Finland |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Helsinki, Finland |
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| Former partner | Ludowika Jakobsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 in Helsinki, Finland – 10 July 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater.
As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911.
In 1910, he became pairs skating partner with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. They married in 1911. As pairs skaters, they won the World Championship in 1911, 1914, and 1923, and the Olympic championship in 1920.
He was an engineer by profession and also an amateur photographer and member of the Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors ("Helsinki Amateur photography Club"). His specialty was dark city scenes with special light effects like rain or mist.
Results
Pairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers
| Event | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1928 |
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| Winter Olympics | 1st | 2nd | 5th | |||||||||
| World Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Nordic Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||
| Finnish Championships | 1st | 1st |
Men's singles
| Event | 1910 | 1911 |
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| Finnish Championships | 1st | 1st |
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- 1882 births
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- Finnish pair skaters
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