Magnus Wegelius

Magnus Wegelius
Personal information
Full name	Kurt Magnus Wegelius
National team	Finland
Born	20 August 1884; Hattula, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	9 December 1936 (aged 52); Croydon, United Kingdom
Education	Master of Science (Technology), Helsinki University of Technology, 1909
Occupation	Engineer, plant manager
Spouse(s)	Ester Tavaststjerna (m. 1915); Elsbeth Anna Martinson (m. 1929);
Sport
Sport	Sport shooting, gymnastics, track and field athletics
Club	Suomen Metsästysyhdistys; Porin Tarmo; Helsingin Kisa-Veikot;
Medal record
Representing Finland
Olympic Games
Gymnastics
Shooting
ISSF World Shooting Championships

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.

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

International

He won two bronze medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1929:[2]

100 metre running deer single shots, men team
100 metre running deer double shots, men team

National

In shooting, he won six Finnish championships in single-shot moose in 1914, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928.[3]

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.[4]

He was a treasurer and a vice president of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.[5]

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.[5]

Beginning in 1910, he worked as an engineer. He became the manager of the SOK production plants in 1918.[5]

He was a board member of the Association of National Work.[5]

He was a Knight (Chevalier) of the White Rose of Finland.[5]

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.[5]

Death

He died in the 1936 KLM Croydon accident while on a business trip to England.[6][7]

References

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.
"Historical results". issf-sports.org. Munich, Germany: International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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.
Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 332.
Suomen liikemiehiä. Affärsmän i Finland (in Finnish and Swedish). Vol. III: Täydennysosa — Supplementband. Helsinki: Suomen kauppa ja teollisuus. 1936. p. 1621.
Magnus Wegelius at Olympedia
"Järkyttävä lento-onnettomuus Englannissa". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). Hämeenlinna. 10 December 1936. p. 4. ISSN 0356-2751. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.

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[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] "Historical results". issf-sports.org. Munich, Germany: International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[3] 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.

[4] Laitinen, Esa (1987). Suomen yleisurheilun tilasto-osa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Amateur Athletic Association. p. 332.

[liikemiehiä-5] Suomen liikemiehiä. Affärsmän i Finland (in Finnish and Swedish). Vol. III: Täydennysosa — Supplementband. Helsinki: Suomen kauppa ja teollisuus. 1936. p. 1621.

[6] Magnus Wegelius at Olympedia

[7] "Järkyttävä lento-onnettomuus Englannissa". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). Hämeenlinna. 10 December 1936. p. 4. ISSN 0356-2751. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.