Gillis Grafström

Gillis Grafström was a Swedish figure skater, born in Stockholm in 1893, who won three successive Olympic gold medals in men's singles in 1920, 1924 and 1928 and a silver medal in 1932. He also won three world championships, in 1922, 1924 and 1929. He is one of the few athletes to have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, since his first title came at the 1920 Games when figure skating was held in the summer programme. He studied at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and his younger brother Lars Grafström was also a Swedish national champion.