Elfrīda Karlsone

Elfriede Karlson

Karlsone in 1928
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	18 April 1904
Died	4 June 1983
Sport
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	discus throw, shot put, heptathlon

Elfrīda Karlsone also written as Elfriede Karlson (18 April 1904 – 4 June 1983) was an Latvian track and field athlete specialized in the shot put and discus throw. Karlson was active during the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

Karslon represented Latvia at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. She qualified for the final of the shot put event (both hands) where she finished in fourth place in the final with a total score of 19.13 meter. In the discus throw event she also reached the final and finished in sixth place with a score of 27.97 meter. Days after the Games she won the shot put event at the 1926 Copenhagen international women's athletics meeting.

She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Karlson represented her country also at the the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague, where she was the best Latvian athlete. In the the discus throw event she qualified for the final with 43.2 meter. In the final she had with 34.74 meter a better score and finished fourth.

Karlson alco competed at other international events, including at the international penthathlon event in Warsaw in September 1927.