Bertil Jansson

Swedish shot putter
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IntroSwedish shot putter
PlacesSweden
wasAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth29 June 1898, Jönköping
Death25 September 1981Norrköping (aged 83 years)
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Biography

Oskar Bertil Petrus Jansson (29 June 1898 – 25 September 1981) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and eighth place, respectively.
Jansson won the Swedish shot put title in 1916 and 1918–1929 and the English one in 1919 and 1921. In 1918 he also competed domestically in decathlon.

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