Runar Granholm

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRunar Rafael•Granholm
Used nameRunar•Granholm
Born25 July 1889 in Helsinki, Uusimaa (FIN)
Died3 November 1937 (aged 48 years 3 months 9 days) in Helsinki, Uusimaa (FIN)
NOC Finland

Biography

Runar Granholm played singles and doubles at the 1924 Olympics. He also made the quarter-finals of the 1921 World Covered Court Championship. Granholm was Danish Open doubles champion in 1921-22 with Boris Schildt. He later became involved in sports administration, serving on the Finnish Olympic Committee Board of Directors from 1923-26. He was vice-president of HIFK (Helsingfors Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) in 1920-22 and 1929-31, and was their secretary-general in 1915-17. Granholm was a member of the Lahti Organizing Committee for the 1926 FIS ski races.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1924 Summer Olympics Tennis FIN Runar Granholm
Singles, Men (Olympic) =17
Doubles, Men (Olympic) Boris Schildt =9