DIPLOMA, OLYMPIC GAMES 1924 PARIS France, 8th Olympiad.

blade dimensions approx. 62x47 cm
awarded to E. Råberg
“VIII e OLYMPIAD PARIS MCMXXIV DIPLOMA
DÉCERNÉ and M Råberg E.“

Signed in print by:
French Committee President
Graph Justinien de Clary and
IOC President Pierre de Coubertin

Design: Bernard Naudin
Description: Winged goddess of Victory between allegorical figures.
Copies: 10,700

EINAR RÅBERG
born 1890 in Döderhult, Kalmar County, - died 1957 in Stockholm, was a Swedish fencer, wrestler, military and director of the Swedish Gymnastics and Sports Association.
. He became Swedish junior champion in värja in 1918 and he appeared in the Swedish squad with fencers at the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games. He was president of the Swedish Wrestling Federation from 1918 to 1939, a member of the General Board of the Swedish Wrestling Federation from 1920 to 1939 and he was elected as a member of the Swedish Olympic Committee in 1928 where he remained until 1948 the last two years as secretary. He was appointed director of the Swedish Gymnastics and Sports Association in 1939, and was president of the International Wrestling Federation from 1920 to 1924. Råberg was the leader of the Swedish wrestling squad at the 1920 to 1936 Olympics and of the entire Olympic team in Sankt Moritz and London in 1948.