William Thoresson
Swedish gymnast
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Born | (1932-05-31) 31 May 1932 (age 92) Göteborg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Göteborgs Turnförening | |||||||||||||||||
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Karl Tore William Thoresson (born 31 May 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won two medals in the floor exercise: a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1956. He won another medal on the floor, a bronze, at the 1954 World Championships.[1][2]
In 2001, Thoresson was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3]
References
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External links
- William Thoresson at the International Gymnastics Federation
- William Thoresson at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- William Thoresson at Olympedia
- William Thoresson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Floor Exercise
- 1896–1928: not included
- 1932:
István Pelle (HUN)
- 1936:
Georges Miez (SUI)
- 1948:
Ferenc Pataki (HUN)
- 1952:
William Thoresson (SWE)
- 1956:
Valentin Muratov (URS)
- 1960:
Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN)
- 1964:
Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1968:
Sawao Katō (JPN)
- 1972:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1976:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1980:
Roland Brückner (GDR)
- 1984:
Li Ning (CHN)
- 1988:
Sergey Kharkov (URS)
- 1992:
Li Xiaoshuang (CHN)
- 1996:
Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)
- 2000:
Igors Vihrovs (LAT)
- 2004:
Kyle Shewfelt (CAN)
- 2008:
Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2012:
Zou Kai (CHN)
- 2016:
Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2020:
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
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