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Hjalmar Mellander

Personal information

Born

14 December 1880
Årstad, Sweden

Died

3 October 1919 (aged 38)
Isle of Man, Great Britain

Height

183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb)

Sport

Athletics

Event

Decathlon

Club

IFK Halmstad

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

200 m – 24.2 (1904)
800 m – 2.04.8 (1905)
1500 m – 4:12.9 (1906)
LJ – 6.68 m (1904)
DT – 34.30 m (1900)
HT – 34.50 m (1906)
JT – 44.30 m (1906)^[1]^[2]

Medal record

Representing Sweden

Intercalated Games
	1906 Athens	Pentathlon

Hjalmar Stefanus Mellander (14 December 1880 – 3 October 1919) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed in the 800 m, long jump, javelin throw and ancient pentathlon at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Biography

Mellander finished runner-up behind Peter O'Connor at the 1904 AAA Championships^[3] and third in the 1905 AAA Championships.^[4]^[5]

At the 1906 Intercalated Games (Olympic Games), he finished fourth in the long jump and javelin throw. He won the pentathlon event, which consisted of standing long jump, Greek-style discus throw, javelin throw, 192 m sprint and Greco-Roman wrestling.^[1]^[6]

Mellander was a physiotherapist who practiced in Liverpool since 1902. In 1919 he died while trying to rescue a drowning man on the Isle of Man.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Hjalmar Mellander. sports-reference.com
^ Hjalmar Mellander. trackfield.brinkster.net
^ "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hjalmar Mellander. Swedish Olympic Committee