Arnold Vaide

Arnold Vaide was an Estonian-born Swedish athlete and football coach. He was involved with various sections of the Halmstad sports club for 40 years.

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 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|1960] Olympics and placed 11th and 21st, respectively. He also won the Swedish national titles in 1958 and 1960.

Football career

In 1963 he served as a coach of football club Halmstad, alongside Rune Ludvigsson. He was in charge of the player's fitness, while Ludvigsson was in charge of the match tactics.