Arnold Vaide
Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arnold Vaide (17 April 1926 – 5 June 2011) was an Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach. He was involved with various sections of the Halmstad sports club for 40 years.[3]
Arnold Vaide was born and raised in Salla, Estonia. His brother Karl Vaide was an accomplished orienteer, skiing and shooting referee and trainer. While a student, he began training as a skier under instruction of Elmar Liiv. In 1944, following the second Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, Vaide fled to Sweden as a refugee while his brother Karl remained in Estonia and became an Estonian veteran orienteering champion.[1]
He competed for Sweden in the marathon at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively.[2][4] He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.[3]
In 1963 he served as a coach of football club Halmstad, alongside Rune Ludvigsson.[5] He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.[3]
