Clas Thunberg

Clas Thunberg

Personal information
Born	(1893-04-05)5 April 1893 Helsinki, Finland
Died	28 April 1973(1973-04-28) (aged 80) Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Finland Olympic Games 1924 Chamonix 1500 m 1924 Chamonix 5000 m 1924 Chamonix Allround 1924 Chamonix 10000 m 1924 Chamonix 500 m 1928 St. Moritz 500 m 1928 St. Moritz 1500 m World Allround Championships 1922 Kristiania Allround 1923 Stockholm Allround 1925 Oslo Allround 1927 Tampere Allround 1928 Davos Allround 1929 Oslo Allround 1931 Helsinki Allround European Championships 1922 Helsinki Allround 1923 Hamar Allround 1924 Kristiania Allround 1927 Stockholm Allround 1928 Oslo Allround 1929 Davos Allround 1931 Stockholm Allround 1932 Davos Allround

Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893 – 28 April 1973) was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 (along with a silver and a bronze medal) and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He was the most successful athlete at both of these Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1928 Winter Olympics with Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway. No other athlete ever won such a high fraction of all Olympic events at a single Games. He was born and died in Helsinki.^[1]