Bengt-Erik Grahn

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Bengt-Erik Grahn Alpine skiing
Bengt-Erik Grahn.jpg
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday April 30, 1941
place of birth Dikanäs , Sweden
date of death November 21, 2019
Career
discipline slalom
End of career 1969
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut 1967
 Overall World Cup 20th ( 1967 )
 Slalom World Cup 12. (1967)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 slalom 0 1 0
 

Bengt-Erik Grahn (born April 30, 1941 in Dikanäs , Västerbotten County ; † November 21, 2019 ) was a Swedish ski racer .

Grahn took part in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and was 31st in the downhill ; in the giant slalom and in the slalom it was not included in the ranking. At the 1966 World Championships in Portillo , Chile , he finished 26th in the giant slalom. In the slalom he was 1.71 seconds ahead of French Guy Périllat in the lead after the first run , but retired in the second round shortly before the end.

A first special mention was given to him at the Lauberhorn Slalom in Wengen on January 10, 1960, when he was given start no. 69 (exactly 3 seconds behind the winner Hias Leitner ) was sixth.
A first major success dates back to January 10, 1965, when he (again) took 3rd place in the Lauberhorn Slalom. Grahn won the slalom in the first snow criterion in Val-d'Isère in both 1965 and 1966 , although his first victory (after a previous disqualification, whereby Jean-Claude Killy was initially considered the winner) was only certain a few hours later. In 1966 he was also second in the combination. Grahn won his first World Cup points on January 22nd, 1967 when he finished second behind Jean-Claude Killy in the slalom in Kitzbühel . After that, he only placed himself twice in the World Cup prizes as slalom tenth. From 1961 to 1971 he was Swedish champion seven times - three times in slalom, three times in giant slalom and once in downhill. After his skiing career, Grahn worked as a sports teacher.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bengt-Erik Grahn is dead. Report on time24.news, November 21, 2019 (English). Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ They drove like sleepwalkers. Arbeiter-Zeitung , August 17, 1966, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  3. ^ "Three times Austrian victory in slalom"; “Sport Zürich”, No. 4 of January 11, 1960, page 3.
  4. ↑ Just don't get cocky now! In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 12, 1960, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ↑ «Schranz: I needed this victory» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 12, 1965, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ↑ Grahn was the strongest slalom runner. Arbeiter-Zeitung, December 17, 1966, accessed March 26, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Grahn, Bengt-Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Dikanäs , Västerbotten County
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2019