William Thoresson

William Thoresson
 Gymnast 
Personal information
Country represented  Sweden
Born (1932-05-31) 31 May 1932
Göteborg, Sweden
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Club Göteborgs Turnförening

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Thoresson.
  1. William Thoresson. sports-reference.com
  2. William Thoresson. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. "William Thoresson, Sweden". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.