Wollmar Boström
Appearance
![]() Wollmar Boström in 1927, as the Swedish minister in Washington | |||||||||||||||
Born | Överselö, Sweden | 15 June 1878||||||||||||||
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Died | 7 November 1956 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
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Wimbledon | 2R (1905) | ||||||||||||||
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WCCC | 1R (1913) | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | QF (1908In) | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wollmar Filip Boström (15 June 1878 – 7 November 1956) was a diplomat and tennis player from Sweden. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Gunnar Setterwall. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
From 1925 till 1945 he was the Swedish minister in Washington. He was son to Governor of Södermanland County Filip Boström and nephew to Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström.
References
- ^ "Wollmar Boström Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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- Swedish male tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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