Eric Lemming

Eric Lemming

Personal information
Full name	Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming
Born	Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height
Weight
Sport
Sport	Athletics
EventTemplate:Pluralize from text	Jumping, throwing
Club	IS Lyckans Soldater, Göteborg; Göteborgs IF
Achievements and titles
Personal bestTemplate:Pluralize from text	HJ – 1.70 m (1900) PV – 3.20 m (1900) LJ – 6.34 m (1906) TJ – 12.72 m (1903) SP – 13.10 m (1918) DT – 44.90 m (1917) HT – 46.84 m (1917) JT – 62.32 m (1912)
Medal record Representing Intercalated Games Gold medal – first place 1906 Athens Javelin throw Bronze medal – third place 1906 Athens Shot put Bronze medal – third place 1906 Athens Pentathlon Bronze medal – third place 1906 Athens Tug of war Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Gold medal – first place 1908 London Freestyle javelin Gold medal – first place 1908 London Javelin throw Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Javelin throw

Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. His last record, measured at 62.32 m, was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations as the first official world record.

Javelin throw was not part of the 1900 Olympics, where Lemming finished fourth in the hammer throw, high jump and pole vault. At the 1906 Intercalated Games he won a gold medal in the javelin throw and three bronze medals, in the shot put, tug of war and ancient pentathlon, which consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 m run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match. He also finished fourth in the discus throw and stone throwing contests.

At the 1908 Olympics, Lemming won two gold medals in two types of javelin throw, and finished eighth in the hammer throw. He won another gold medal in the javelin at his last Olympics in 1912, where his half-brother Oscar placed tenth in pentathlon. Lemming died on 5 June 1930 at the age of 50.

External links

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• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006..
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.