event death_place death_date club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
800 m , 1500 m stockholm , sweden 14 june 1946 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- if bfc preußen berlin ; teutonia 1899 berlin sleipner , stockholm ; l.a.c. , london ; stockholm , sweden 77 kg lb on 1.80 m ftin on 800 m -- 4:12.6 -lrb- 1902 -rrb- m -- 1:59.1 y -lrb- 1907 -rrb- 1500 athletics 24 july 1880 kristian hellström.jpg kristian hellström

kristian hellström

kristian hellström -lrb- 24 july 1880 -- 14 june 1946 -rrb- was a swedish middle-distance runner and a sports administrator .
he competed at the 1906 summer olympics in the 800 m and 1500 m events and finished in fifth and third place , respectively .
at the 1908 summer olympics he failed to reach the final of the 800 m event .
nationally he won the 1500 m title in 1900 and 1901 and the 10,000 m title in 1902 .
he was also the german champion over 1500 m in 1905 .
hellström was a prolific sports administrator , who founded his first sports club , `` if sleipner stockholm '' , in 1897 , aged 17 .
in 1901 he launched the first cross-country race in sweden .
in 1912 hellström became secretary-general of the organizing committee of the stockholm olympics ; he was also a founding member of the international association of athletics federations -lrb- iaaf -rrb- , becoming its first secretary-general from 1913 to 1914 .
