Valborg Florström, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Valborg Florström

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1878

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1956

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hedvig Valborg "Valma" Florström (5 December 1878 – 18 December 1956) was a Finnish diver, who won five national championships. She performed a diving exhibition with Ebba Gisico of Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which was the first appearance of women in Olympic aquatics.
This also made her the first woman in a Finnish Olympic team. She won the Finnish national championship gold in women's platform diving in 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911. She represented the club Helsingfors Simsällskap.