Magnus Wegelius

Karl Magnus Wegelius (20 August 1884 – 9 December 1936) was a Finnish multi-sport athlete, who won five Olympic medals and eight Finnish national championships in sport shooting, gymnastics and track and field athletics.

Magnus Wegelius
Personal information
Full nameKurt Magnus Wegelius
National teamFinland
Born(1884-08-20)20 August 1884
Hattula, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died9 December 1936(1936-12-09) (aged 52)
Croydon, United Kingdom
EducationMaster of Science (Technology), Helsinki University of Technology, 1909
OccupationEngineer, plant manager
Spouse(s)
  • Ester Tavaststjerna (m. 1915)
  • Elsbeth Anna Martinson (m. 1929)
Sport
SportSport shooting, gymnastics, track and field athletics
Club
  • Suomen Metsästysyhdistys
  • Porin Tarmo
  • Helsingin Kisa-Veikot
Medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Representing  Finland
1908 London Gymnastics team
Men's Shooting
1920 Antwerp Team 100 m running deer, single shots
1920 Antwerp Team 300 m army rifle, prone
1920 Antwerp Team 100 m running deer, double shots
1924 Paris Team clay pigeons

Sport

Olympics
Magnus Wegelius at the Olympic Games
Games Sport Event Rank Notes
1908 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Men's team 3rd Source: [1]
1920 Summer Olympics Shooting 300 metre free rifle, three positions 37th– Exact rank unknown
Team free rifle 4th
300 metre team military rifle, prone 3rd
300 metre military rifle, standing 11th– Exact rank unknown
300 metre team military rifle, standing 7th
600 metre military rifle, prone 11th
600 metre team military rifle, prone 8th
300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone 10th
100 meter team running deer, single shots 2nd
100 metre team running deer, double shots 3rd
1924 Summer Olympics Shooting 100 meter running deer, single shots 12th
100 meter team running deer, single shots 5th
100 meter running deer, double shots 7th
100 meter team running deer, double shots 4th
Team clay pigeons 3rd

National

In shooting, he won six Finnish championships in single-shot moose in 1914, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928.[2]

In track and field athletics, he won two Finnish national championship golds 4 × 100 metres relay and 1600 metre medley relay, both in 1910, representing the club Porin Tarmo.[3]

He was a treasurer and a vice president of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.[4]

Career

He performed his matriculation exam in Tampere Real Lycaeum in 1905 and graduated as a diplomi-insinööri from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1909.[4]

Beginning in 1910, he worked as an engineer. He became the manager of the SOK production plants in 1918.[4]

He was a board member of the Association of National Work.[4]

He was a Knight (Chevalier) of the White Rose of Finland.[4]

Family

His parents were farmer Uno Wegelius and Helena Charlotta Wirzenius. He married Ester Tavaststjerna in 1915 and Elsbeth Anna Martinson in 1929. He had a daughter.[4]

Death

He died in the 1936 KLM Croydon accident.[5]

References
  1. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  2. Virtamo, Keijo; et al., eds. (1976). Fokus urheilu 2 (in Finnish) (4th ed.). Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company. pp. 138–139. ISBN 951-1-00331-3.
  3. Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 332.
  4. Suomen liikemiehiä. Affärsmän i Finland (in Finnish and Swedish). III: Täydennysosa — Supplementband. Helsinki: Suomen kauppa ja teollisuus. 1936. p. 1621.
  5. Magnus Wegelius at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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