Walter Jakobsson

Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish figure skater, and the oldest figure skating Olympic champion (at age 38). As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911. In 1910, he partnered with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. As pairs skaters, they won the World Championship in 1911, 1914, and 1923, and the Olympic gold in 1920. They finished second at the 1924 Olympics and fifth in 1928.[1]

Walter Jakobsson
Ludowika and Walter Jakobsson
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	6 February 1882 Helsinki, Finland
Died	10 June 1957 (aged 75) Zürich, Switzerland
Former partner	Ludowika Jakobsson
Retired	1928
Medal record Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1924 Chamonix Pairs 1920 Antwerp Pairs World Championships 1923 Oslo Pairs 1922 Davos Pairs 1914 St. Moritz Pairs 1913 Stockholm Pairs 1912 Manchester Pairs 1911 Vienna Pairs 1910 Berlin Pairs

Jakobsson studied engineering in Berlin, where he met Eilers in 1907. They married in 1911, and in 1916 moved to Helsinki, where Jakobsson got a job of the technical director of Kone OY (now Konecranes), a leading manufacturers of cranes. He held that post until retiring in 1947. He was 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.[1]

Results

Pairs with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

Event	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1928
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
Finnish Championships	1st	1st

References

1. Walter Jakobsson. sports-reference.com