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
Career
society	Frösö IF F 4 IF Östersund
End of career	1961
Medal table
World Cup medals 2 × 1 × 0 × World championships gold 1958 Saalfelden singles gold 1958 Saalfelden Season silver 1959 Courmayeur Season
World Cup balance
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