Georg Högström

Georg Högström

Personal information
Born	4 November 1895 Waukegan, Illinois, United States
Died	9 April 1976 (aged 80) Karlstad, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault / high jump
Club	IF Göta
Achievements and titles
Personal best	3.80 m (1918)

Karl Georg Högström (4 November 1895 – 9 April 1976) was a Swedish pole vaulter, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Career

Högström won the Swedish national title in 1918 and 1919, and the British AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.^[2][3] At the same Championships, he finished second behind Benjamin Howard Baker in the high jump event.^[4]

His personal best of 3.80 m in 1918 was the world leading performance. Besides pole vaulting, in 1918 Högström won the national title in the high jump at 1.902 m, which was world's second-best jump that year. After retiring from competitions he became a bank executive.^[5]

At the 1920 Olympic Games, Högström competed in the pole vault and finished in eighth place.^[5][6]

References

1. "Georg Högström". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
2. "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
5. Georg Högström Archived 30 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
6. Georg Högström Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Swedish Olympic Committee