Gunnar Setterwall
Encyclopedia
Carl Gunnar Emanuel Setterwall (18 August 1881 – 26 February 1928) was a male tennis
player from Sweden
, who is best known for his four Olympic medals which he won at two different Olympic Games.
He was born in Stockholm
.
At the 1908 London Olympics
he won his first bronze medal in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Wollmar Boström
.
Four years later in Stockholm
he won three more medals. In the mixed doubles (with Sigrid Fick
) and indoor doubles (with Carl Kempe
) tournament he reached the final but lost both times. Sigrid Fick was also his partner in the mixed indoor event and together they won a bronze medal.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, who is best known for his four Olympic medals which he won at two different Olympic Games.
He was born in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
At the 1908 London Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
he won his first bronze medal in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Wollmar Boström
Wollmar Boström
Wollmar Filip Boström was a diplomat and tennis player from Sweden. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Gunnar Setterwall. From 1925 till 1945 he was the Swedish minister in Washington....
.
Four years later in Stockholm
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
he won three more medals. In the mixed doubles (with Sigrid Fick
Sigrid Fick
Sigrid Fick was a female tennis player from Sweden.She competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and won a silver medal in the mixed indoor doubles tournament. She also won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event; both medals won with Gunnar Setterwall....
) and indoor doubles (with Carl Kempe
Carl Kempe
Johan Carl Kempe was leader of the Swedish pulp and paper industry Mo och Domsjö AB and involved in several other companies in the large economic sphere of the Kempe family. He was also a silver medalist in tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.Carl Kempe was born in Stockholm, son of...
) tournament he reached the final but lost both times. Sigrid Fick was also his partner in the mixed indoor event and together they won a bronze medal.