Bruno Söderström

Bruno Söderström

Personal information
Born	28 October 1881 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	1 January 1969 (aged 87)
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw, pole vault, high jump, hurdles
Club	IFK Stockholm
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	JT – 45.00 m (1906) PV – 3.66 m (190) HJ – 1.73 m (1904) 110 mH – 16.2 (1907)
Medal record Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1906 Athens Pole vault 1906 Athens Javelin throw 1908 London Pole vault

Vilhelm Bruno Söderström (28 October 1881 – 1 January 1969) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, pole vault and high jump and won three medals. He also served as the Swedish flag bearer at the 1906 Games.

Söderström represented IFK Stockholm. His elder brother Gustaf competed in athletics events at the 1900 Games.

Söderström won the pole jump event (as it was called at the time) at the British 1907 AAA Championships. The following year he finished second behind Ed Archibald at the 1908 AAA Championships.

Besides athletics, Söderström was a banker and a sports administrator. In 1909, after visiting the United States, he began popularizing bowling in Sweden and building the first bowling venues there. Next year, he founded Idrottsbladet, which soon became the major Swedish sports newspaper, and became its first editor. He later wrote several books in various genres, including fiction.

External links

• Media related to Bruno Söderström at Wikimedia Commons
• Bruno Söderström at Olympics.com
• Bruno Söderström at Olympedia
• Bruno Söderström at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)