Kristian Hellström

Kristian Hellström

Personal information
Born	24 July 1880 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	14 June 1946 (aged 65) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400–10000 m
Club	IF Sleipner, Stockholm; L.A.C., London; BFC Preußen Berlin; Teutonia 1899 Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m – 50.7 (1907) 800 m – 1:59.1y (1907) 1500 m – 4:12.6 (1902) Mile – 4:30.8 (1907) 5000 m – 16:14.4 (1903) 10000 m – 34:24.0 (1904)[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sweden Intercalated Games 1906 Athens 1500 metres

Kristian Hellström (24 July 1880 – 14 June 1946) was a Swedish middle-distance runner and a sports administrator. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in the 800 m and 1500 m events and finished in fifth and third place, respectively. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he failed to reach the final of the 800 m event.^[2][3]

Nationally he won the 1500 m title in 1900 and 1901 and the 10,000 m title in 1902. He was also the German champion over 1500 m in 1905.^[2]

Hellström was a prolific sports administrator, who founded his first sports club, IF Sleipner Stockholm, in 1897, aged 17. In 1901 he launched the first cross-country race in Sweden. In 1912 Hellström became Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the Stockholm Olympics; he was also a founding member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), becoming its first Secretary-General from 1913 to 1914.^[2]

References

Further reading

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2006.