Eric Backman
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Acklinga, Sweden |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Skövde, Sweden |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| 3,000–10,000 m | |
| Club | IFK Tidaholm |
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| Personal bestTemplate:Pluralize from text | 5000 m – 14:51.0 (1919) 10,000 m – 31:02.2 (1921) |
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Eric Natanael Backman (18 May 1896 – 29 June 1965) was a Swedish long distance runner who had his best achievements at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
Backman won the British AAA Championships 4 miles title at the 1919 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
The following year at the 1920 Olympic Games, Backman won the silver medal in the 8,000 m cross-country race, 2.6 seconds behind the legendary Paavo Nurmi. This second place helped the Swedish cross-country team to win the bronze medal in the team event behind Finland and Great Britain, as two other team members finished 10th and 11th. This scenario repeated in the 3,000 m event – Backman finished second and the other Swedes 10th and 12th; this time, Backman did not receive an individual medal, but he again pulled up the Swedish team to third place. In the 5,000 metres Backman finished third, again behind Paavo Nurmi.[5]
Backman finished second behind Walter Monk in the 4 miles event at the British 1921 AAA Championships.[6][7]
Backman was a heavy smoker and enjoyed alcohol, yet he was an eight-time Swedish champion in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m in 1918–23, and held Swedish records over 5,000 m, 10,000 m, 5 miles and one-hour run. After 1943 he worked in the Volvo factory in Skövde.[5][8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eric Backman". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b Eric Backman. sports-reference.com
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Eric Backman. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
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