Elis Holmer

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSven Elis•Holmer
Used nameElis•Holmer
Born1 December 1893 in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västra Götaland (SWE)
Died29 February 1968 (aged 74 years 2 months 28 days) in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västra Götaland (SWE)
AffiliationsSimklubben Göteborg, Göteborg (SWE)
NOC Sweden

Biography

Little is known about Elis Holmer. The son of an engineer, Holmer competed in plain high diving at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm but did not advance to the final.

Holmer married Elsa Augusta (née Boivie), and together they had one son. When she died young from tuberculosis, he married Gurli Vilhelmina Nilsson.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Diving (Aquatics) SWE Elis Holmer
Plain High, Men (Olympic) 6 p1 r1/2