Ernfrid Appelqvist

Ernst Oscar Ernfrid Appelqvist (15 June 1888 – 26 January 1966), later known as Ernest Applequist, was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He finished fifth in his first round heat of the 3 metre springboard event and did not advance to the final.[1]

A native of Stockholm, Applequist immigrated to the United States after the Olympics, living in Minnesota and New York.[2][3] During World War II, he worked a night shift at the General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York, while each day broadcasting a 30-minute news program via shortwave radio to Sweden. "I would love to do anything can to sway the minds of the Swedish people away from the Nazis," he said in a 1942 interview.[4]

Applequist later moved to San Jose, California, where he died in 1966.[1]

References
  1. "Ernfrid Appelqvist Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. Minnesota, Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957
  3. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  4. "Double Duty". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. Associated Press. 16 April 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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