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Olympic medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing  Norway
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Team
Intercalated Games
Gold medal – first place 1906 Athens Team

Per Mathias Jespersen (March 29, 1888 – July 13, 1964) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Skien.[1] He was married to Anna Johnsen, and they were the parents of Finn Varde Jespersen.[2]

At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was a member of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the gold medal in the team, Swedish system event.

Two years later he won the silver medal as part of the Norwegian team in the gymnastics team event.

He died in Oslo.

References

  1. ^ "Per Jespersen". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. ^ Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1950). "Jespersen, Finn Varde". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 497. Retrieved 7 November 2015.