Sigfrid Edström

Japanese: エドストレム（英語表記）Sigfrid Edström

1870‐1964
Swedish businessman and sportsman. Graduated from Gothenburg University, majoring in electrical engineering. As chairman of the organizing committee for the 5th Olympic Games held in Stockholm in 1912, he succeeded in modernizing the running of the event. When the International Association of Athletics Federations was founded in the same year, he served as its first chairman (until 1946). In 1920, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and was elected vice-chairman in 1937 and fourth chairman in 1946, a position he held until 1952, during which he was involved in dealing with the complex issues that arose after World War II. [Kawamoto Nobumasa]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1870‐1964
スウェーデンの実業家，体育家。イェーテボリ大学卒業。電気工学専攻。1912年ストックホルムで開催された第5回オリンピック大会の組織委員会会長として大会運営の近代化に成功。同年国際陸上競技連盟の創設とともに初代会長(1946年まで)。20年国際オリンピック委員会(IOC)委員に就任，37年副会長，46年第4代会長に選ばれ，52年まで在任，第2次世界大戦後の複雑な問題の処理にあたった。【川本信正】

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