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    Gillis Emanuel Grafström (7 June 1893 – 14 April 1938) was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold...
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  • Swedish radio and television presenter Gillis Grafström (1893–1938), Swedish figure skater Thyra Grafström (1864-1925), Swedish textile artist This...
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    Gillis Grafström and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko have each won four medals. The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in...
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  • been included on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title. At the 1924 Winter Olympics,...
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  • figure skating competition took place at the Ice Palace of Antwerp. Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals...
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  • Armand Călinescu, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939) June 7 – Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater (d. 1938) June 10 – Hattie McDaniel, actress...
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    to take gold at the following three Winter Olympics. Figure skater Gillis Grafström of Sweden became the first athlete to successfully defend his Summer...
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    Stockholm Gillis Grafström Fritz Kachler Willy Böckl 1923 Vienna Fritz Kachler Willy Böckl Gösta Sandahl 1924 Manchester Gillis Grafström Willy Böckl...
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    figure skating and, although finishing last, became popular with fans. Gillis Grafström of Sweden defended his 1920 gold medal in men's figure skating, becoming...
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    2012–2013). Plushenko's four Olympic medals once tied with Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating, which has since...
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