- Source: Ludowika Jakobsson
Ludovika Antje Margareta Jakobsson-Eilers (née Eilers, 25 July 1884 – 1 November 1968) was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with her husband Walter Jakobsson, she won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where she was the only German-born athlete, and became the oldest female figure skating Olympic champion. The pair also earned three world titles, in 1911, 1914 and 1923, and finished second and fifth at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics, respectively. Eilers also had some success in single skating, winning a bronze medal at the 1911 World Championships.
Early years
Eilers met Jakobsson in 1907 while he was studying engineering in Berlin. They began competing together in 1910 and married in 1911; hence the International Skating Union counts their 1910–1911 medals as half-German, half-Finnish, and those after 1911 as Finnish. The couple lived in Berlin until 1916, when they moved to Helsinki. There Walter got a job of technical director with Konecranes, a leading manufacturer of cranes, while Ludovika starred in a few Finnish silent films.
Results in ladies' singles
Results in pairs with Walter Jakobsson
References
External links
Ludowika Jakobsson at Olympics.com
Ludowika Jakobsson at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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- Ludowika Jakobsson
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- List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
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- List of Finnish sportspeople
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- Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
