Key facts
- Nationality
- Swedish
- Born
- ( 1847-10-20 ) 20 October 1847, Götaland , Sweden
- Died
- 1 May 1927 (1927-05-01) (aged 79), Stockholm , Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Sport
- Sports shooting
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Tanum Municipality
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Child
- Alfred Swahn
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Sport
- shooting sports
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Image
- Oscar Swahn 1912.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1847-10-20
- date of death
- 1927-05-01
- Commons category
- Oscar Swahn
- name in native language
- Oscar Gomer Swahn
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oscar Swahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.