Arnold Vaide

Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach

1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)Weight70 kg (154 lb)SportSportAthleticsEventMarathonClubIFK HalmstadAchievements and titlesPersonal best2:25:30 (1960)[2]

Arnold Vaide (17 April 1926 – 5 June 2011) was an Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach. He was involved with various sections of the Halmstad sports club for 40 years.[3]

Athletics career

Arnold Vaide was born and raised in Salla, Estonia. His brother Karl Vaide was an accomplished orienteer, skiing and shooting referee and trainer. While a student, he began training as a skier under instruction of Elmar Liiv. In 1944, following the second Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, Vaide fled to Sweden as a refugee while his brother Karl remained in Estonia and became an Estonian veteran orienteering champion.[1]

He competed for Sweden in the marathon at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively.[2][4] He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.[3]

Football career

Arnold Vaide
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-04-17)17 April 1926
Place of birth Salla, Estonia
Date of death 5 June 2011(2011-06-05) (aged 85)
Place of death Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Managerial career
Years Team
1963 Halmstad

In 1963 he served as a coach of football club Halmstad, alongside Rune Ludvigsson.[5] He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vaide, Arnold". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "HBK 100 år: Arnold Vaide" (in Swedish). Kvastarna. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Profile" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ^ "TRÄNARNA" (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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