Johan Edman
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Johan Viktor Edman was a Swedish policeman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Edman at the 1912 Olympics
The tug of war contest at the 1912 Summer Olympics consisted of a single match, as only two teams entered the competition.
The winning team of Sweden.
The losing team from Great Britain (left to right; back row - Dowler, Munro, Mills, Shepherd, H. Stiff (City - did not compete), Humphreys; front row - Walter Tammas (Met - did not compete), Chaffe, Thomas Peel (Met - did not compete), Hynes, Sewell