Karl Magnus Wegelius

Karl Magnus Wegelius (20 August 1884 – 9 December 1936) was a Finnish multi-sport athlete who won five Olympic medals and eight Finnish national championships in sport shooting, gymnastics, and track and field athletics.

Sport Olympics

International He won two bronze medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1929: 100 metre running deer single shots, men team 100 metre running deer double shots, men team

National In shooting, he won six Finnish championships in single-shot moose in 1914, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928.

In track and field athletics, he won two Finnish national championship golds 4 × 100 metres relay and 1600 metre medley relay, both in 1910, representing the club Porin Tarmo.

He was a treasurer and a vice president of Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

Death He died in the 1936 KLM Croydon accident while on a business trip to England.