Walter Jakobsson

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Olympic medal record
figure skating
Gold 1920 Antwerp Pairs
Silver 1924 Chamonix Pairs

Walter Andreas Jakobsson, (born February 6, 1882 in Helsinki, Finland; died July 10, 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater, who became 1920 Olympic Champion in pairs, and is three-time World champion together with his skating partner and wife Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers.

Walter Jakobsson skated in pairs together with Ludowika Eilers, who was born in Germany. They married each other in 1911.

He was also amateur photographer and member of the "Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors" (Helsinki Amateur photography Club, FiH). His specialty were dark city photographs with special light effects like rain or mist.

Walter Jakobsson was an engineer.

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[edit] Results with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

[edit] Olympic Winter Games

[edit] World Championships

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Olympic champions in figure skating - Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger · 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson · 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger · 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet · 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet · 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier · 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet · 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk · 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt · 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul · 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov · 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov · 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov · 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev · 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev · 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev · 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov · 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev · 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov · 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev · 2002: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier · 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin
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World champions in figure skating – Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1909: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1910: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1911: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1912: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1913: Helene Engelmann & Karl Mejstrik | 1914: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1922: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1923: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1925: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1926: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1927: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1928: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1929: Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser | 1930: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1931: Emelie Rotter & László Szollás | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1933–1935: Emelie Rotter & László Szollás | 1936–1939: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1947–1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1949: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király | 1950: Karol E. Kennedy & Peter Kennedy | 1951–1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks | 1954–1955: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1957–1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1962: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek | 1963–1964: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 1965–1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1969–1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1973–1978: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1979: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner | 1980: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai | 1981: Irina Vorobieva & Igor Lisovsky | 1982: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach | 1983: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1984: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini | 1985: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1986–1987: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1988: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1989–1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1991–1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1993: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1994: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov | 1995: Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný | 1996: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1997: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer | 1998–1999: Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov | 2001: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2002–2003: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2004–2005: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin | 2006: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2007: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo 2008: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
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