Hjalmar Mellander

Hjalmar Mellander

Personal information
Born	14 December 1880 Årstad, Sweden
Died	3 October 1919 (aged 38) Isle of Man, Great Britain
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	IFK Halmstad
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m – 24.2 (1904) 800 m – 2.04.8 (1905) 1500 m – 4:12.9 (1906) LJ – 6.68 m (1904) DT – 34.30 m (1900) HT – 34.50 m (1906) JT – 44.30 m (1906)
Medal record Representing Sweden Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Pentathlon

Hjalmar Stefanus Mellander (14 December 1880 – 3 October 1919) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed in the 800 m, long jump, javelin throw and ancient pentathlon at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Biography

Mellander finished runner-up behind Peter O'Connor at the 1904 AAA Championships and third in the 1905 AAA Championships.

At the 1906 Intercalated Games (Olympic Games), he finished fourth in the long jump and javelin throw. He won the pentathlon event, which consisted of standing long jump, Greek-style discus throw, javelin throw, 192 m sprint and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Mellander was a physiotherapist who practiced in Liverpool since 1902. In 1919 he died while trying to rescue a drowning man on the Isle of Man.