Arnold Vaide
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Arnold Wiedenbach |
| Born | 17 April 1926 Salla, Estonia[1] |
| Died | 5 June 2011 (aged 85) Halmstad, Sweden |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
| Club | IFK Halmstad |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 2:25:30 (1960)[2] |
Arnold Vaide (17 April 1926 – 5 June 2011) was an Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach. He was involved with various sections of the Halmstad sports club for 40 years.[3]
Athletics career[edit]
Arnold Vaide was born and raised in Salla, Estonia. His brother Karl Vaide was an accomplished orienteer, skiing and shooting referee and trainer. While a student, he began training as a skier under instruction of Elmar Liiv. In 1944, following the second Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, Vaide fled to Sweden as a refugee while his brother Karl remained in Estonia and became an Estonian veteran orienteering champion.[1]
He competed for Sweden in the marathon at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively.[2][4] He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.[3]
Football career[edit]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 April 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Salla, Estonia | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2011 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Halmstad, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1963 | Halmstad | ||
In 1963 he served as a coach of football club Halmstad, alongside Rune Ludvigsson.[5] He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Vaide, Arnold". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "HBK 100 år: Arnold Vaide" (in Swedish). Kvastarna. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Profile" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "TRÄNARNA" (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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