Olympic Competitor nr 4323
Olympic Competitor nr 1813
Olympic Competitor nr 1992
Sweden
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (2 gold)
| 1948 | 1952 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -79 kg | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
He also came second in the 1953 World Championships, and won one European
gold and two bronze. He also finished third in two European free-style
championships.
Olympic Competitor nr 3071
B. 1920-03-28, Pori, Länsi-Suomen, Finland; D. 1994-08-02
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)
| 1948 | 1952 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light-Heavyweight | silver | gold | 15600 |
| 15600 |
Olympic Competitor nr 3937
Olympic Competitor nr 5005
+sai
There are six sailors mentioned for the KSSS 1912 yaght, but the crews had to be limited to five, so two of these sailors sailed just one race, not both, but it is unknown who.
Olympic Competitor nr 5835
B. 1934-10-09, Lensvik, Norway
Nordic Skiing (2 gold, 3 silver)
| 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | - | silver | gold | 10400 |
| 30 km | - | silver | 13th | 4025.6 |
| 4 x 10 km | silver | fourth | gold | 3750 |
| 50 km | 14th | sixth | - | 656 |
| 18831.6 |
He was among the leading cross-country skiers for twenty years, and won the
15 km at Holmenkollen in 1960 and '61.
Olympic Competitor nr 5451
Olympic Competitor nr 2247
Olympic Competitor nr 5793
B. 1964-06-17, Germany
Swimming (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Butterfly | gold | fifth | 7400 |
| 200 m Butterfly | silver | gold | 10400 |
| 200 m Free-style | gold | fifth | 7400 |
| 4 x 100 m Free-style Relay | fourth | sixth | 560 |
| 4 x 200 m Free-style Relay | silver | bronze | 1640 |
| 4 x 100 m Medley Relay | fourth | fourth | 800 |
| 28200 |
Nick-named 'the albatros' because of his enourmous 'wing'-span.
World Champion at 200 m free-style and 200 m butterfly in 1982 and '86,
B. 1970-08-22, Schlema, Germany
Biathlon (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 x 7.5 km | gold | gold | gold | silver | gold | 13200 |
| 10 km | silver | silver | 17th | fourth | 7th | 8254.4 |
| 10 km + 12.5 km Pursuit | bronze | 12th | 1950 | |||
| 20 km | - | - | sixth | fourth | 11th | 2304 |
| 25708.4 |
Member of the German Biathlon Relay team that won gold at Albertville,
Lillehammer, Nagano and Torino.
Olympic Competitor nr 6206
Olympic Competitor nr 1707
Olympic Competitor nr 263
Olympic Competitor nr 5067
Olympic Competitor nr 3932
B. 1899-02-24, Sørkedalen, Oslo, Norway
Nordic Skiing (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
| 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Nordic Combined | bronze | gold | gold | 34560 |
| 18 km | silver | gold | sixth | 13800 |
| 50 km | bronze | - | - | 2560 |
| 50920 |
For fifteen years he was among the best combined Nordic skiers in the world.
He won the Holmenkollen combined five times, and was twice World Champion
in the combined (1926 and '31) and once in the 18 km (1926).
Olympic Competitor nr 2654
B.1976-12-04, Canada
Speed Skating
| 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 m | 20th | silver | silver | 8001 |
| 3000 m | 8th | 8th | bronze | 3072 |
| 1000 m | fifth | fourth | 2600 | |
| Team Pursuit | silver | fifth | 1250 | |
| 14923 |
Bulgaria
Shooting (2 gold, 3 bronze)
| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport Pistol | 18th | 21st | gold | gold | fifth | 20704.8 |
| Air Pistol | bronze | bronze | 38th | bronze | 11th | 8518.4 |
| 29223.2 |
Written 2002-09-08 - last modified 2011-08-12
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