Arnold Vaide

{{Short description|Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Arnold Vaide

|image = Arnold Vaide.jpg

|birth_name = Arnold Wiedenbach

|image_size = 150

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|17|df=y}}

|birth_place = Salla, Estonia{{cite web |url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Arnold_Vaide|title=Vaide, Arnold|date=2011|work=Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL)|accessdate=1 December 2019|language=Estonian}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|5|1926|4|17|df=y}}

|death_place = Halmstad, Sweden

|height = {{height|m=1.71}}

|weight = 70 kg

|sport = Athletics

|event = Marathon

|pb = 2:25:30 (1960)

|club = IFK Halmstad

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://kvastarna.se/node/31084|title=HBK 100 år: Arnold Vaide|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=Swedish|publisher=Kvastarna}}

Athletics career

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.

He competed for Sweden in the marathon at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/arnold-vaide-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205035/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/arnold-vaide-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Profile|accessdate=30 May 2016|publisher=Sports-Reference.com}}{{cite web|url=http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/a/arnold-vaide.html|title=Profile|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=Swedish|publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee}} He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.

Football career

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|17|df=y}}

|birth_place = Salla, Estonia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|5|1926|4|17|df=y}}

|death_place = Halmstad, Sweden

|height = {{height|m=1.71}}

|manageryears1 = 1963

|managerclubs1 = Halmstad

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In 1963 he served as a coach of football club Halmstad, alongside Rune Ludvigsson.{{cite web|url=http://www.hbk.se/extra/pod/?id=40&module_instance=1&action=pod_show|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034044/http://www.hbk.se/extra/pod/?id=40&module_instance=1&action=pod_show|title=TRÄNARNA|archivedate=18 July 2011|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=Swedish|publisher=Halmstads BK}} He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.