William Thoresson

William Thoresson
Thoresson in the early 1950s
Personal information
Born	(1932-05-31)31 May 1932 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	4 March 2026(2026-03-04) (aged 93)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Sweden
Club	Göteborgs Turnförening
Medal record Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Floor exercise 1956 Melbourne Floor exercise World Championships 1954 Rome Floor exercise European championships 1957 Paris Floor exercise 1959 Copenhagen Vault 1959 Copenhagen Floor exercise 1957 Paris Vault 1961 Luxembourg Vault

Karl Tore William Thoresson (31 May 1932 – 4 March 2026) was a Swedish gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won two medals in the floor exercise: a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1956. He won another medal on the floor, a bronze, at the 1954 World Championships.

In 2001, Thoresson was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Thoresson died on 4 March 2026 at the age of 93. At the time of his death, he was Sweden's oldest gold medalist and remains the nation's first and still only Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics.

External links

• William Thoresson at World Gymnastics
• William Thoresson at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• William Thoresson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• William Thoresson at Olympedia
• William Thoresson at InterSportStats