Adolf Wiklund (biathlete)
Adolf Wiklund | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | Adolf Jakob Wiklund | ||||||||||||||||
Association | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
birthday | December 19, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Rossön , Strömsund Municipality , Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
date of death | September 21, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Frösön , Ostersund , Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
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society | Frösö IF F 4 IF Östersund |
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End of career | 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
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last change: 07.03.2012 |
Adolf Jakob Wiklund (born December 19, 1921 in Rossön , Strömsund municipality , Jämtlands län ; † September 21, 1970 in Frösön , Östersund , Jämtlands län) was a Swedish biathlete.
Wiklund began his career in cross-country skiing in 1948 after previously working as a flight technician on a military airfield. At the first world championship in 1958 in the biathlon in Saalfelden, he was the winner over 20 km and thus the first biathlon world champion. He also won gold with the still unofficial relay. A year later he won the silver medal behind the team from the Soviet Union in Courmayeur with the still unofficial relay and finished 9th in the individual over 20 km.
At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , he finished 19th and ended his career the following year.
Wiklund, who lived in Frösön , practiced various sports and was also a good football player as well as a good cross-country and obstacle runner.
Web links
- Adolf Wiklund in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Pictures with Adolf Wiklund
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SURNAME | Wiklund, Adolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiklund, Adolf Jakob (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish biathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rossön , Strömsund municipality |
DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1970 |
Place of death | Frösön , Östersund |