Nils von Kantzow
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Born | 30 August 1885 Solna, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 7 November 1967 (aged 82) Björkedal, Sweden | |||||||||||
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Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||
Club | Stockholms GF, Täby | |||||||||||
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Nils Gustav von Kantzow (30 August 1885 – 7 November 1967) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] He was a member of the Swedish team that won the all-around gold medal.[2] He was born in a noble family and reached the rank of captain in the Swedish Army in 1916.[3]
In 1910 von Kantzow married Carin Axelina Hulda Fock, but they were later separated. Their only child, Thomas von Kantzow, was born in 1913. A few days after their divorce in December 1922, Carin married the German airline pilot Hermann Göring, who later became a leader of the Nazi Party.[3]
References
External links
- Nils von Kantzow at Olympics.com
- Nils von Kantzow at Olympedia
- Nils von Kantzow at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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- 1904: Mixed team (ZZX)
- 1908: Sweden (SWE)
- 1912: Italy (ITA)
- 1920: Italy (ITA)
- 1924: Italy (ITA)
- 1928: Switzerland (SUI)
- 1932: Italy (ITA)
- 1936: Germany (GER)
- 1948: Finland (FIN)
- 1952: Soviet Union (URS)
- 1956: Soviet Union (URS)
- 1960: Japan (JPN)
- 1964: Japan (JPN)
- 1968: Japan (JPN)
- 1972: Japan (JPN)
- 1976: Japan (JPN)
- 1980: Soviet Union (URS)
- 1984: United States (USA)
- 1988: Soviet Union (URS)
- 1992: Unified Team (EUN)
- 1996: Russia (RUS)
- 2000: China (CHN)
- 2004: Japan (JPN)
- 2008: China (CHN)
- 2012: China (CHN)
- 2016: Japan (JPN)
- 2020: ROC
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