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Axel Runström

Swedish water polo player (1883–1943)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ2344325 ↗
Source-derived summary

Axel Wilhelm Runström (15 October 1883 – 10 August 1943) was a Swedish water polo player and diver who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he was part of the Swedish water polo team, which was able to win the bronze medal. But In the diving platform event he was eliminated in the first round. In 1912 he was eliminated in the first round of the 3 metre springboard event, but was able to finish sixth in the plain high diving competition.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Axel Runström” is swedish water polo player (1883–1943). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Axel, Runström and Swedish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1883, 1943, 1908, 1912—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1883-10-15. For this dossier, Axel, Runström and Swedish is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “swedish water polo player (1883–1943)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2344325. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1883, 1943, 1908 and 1912.

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This entry incorporates text from “Axel Runström” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.