Erik Larsson (cross-country skier)

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Erik Larsson Cross-country skiing
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Full name Erik August Larsson
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday April 20, 1912
place of birth Kurravaara , Sweden
date of death March 10, 1982
Place of death Jukkasjärvi , Sweden
Career
society IFK Kiruna
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 18 km
bronze 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1935 Vysoké Tatry Season
 

Erik August Larsson (born April 20, 1912 in Kurravaara , † March 10, 1982 in Jukkasjärvi ) was a Swedish cross-country skier .

Larsson, who started for the IFK Kiruna , won the bronze medal with the relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1935 in Vysoké Tatry . In the following year he won the bronze medal with the relay and the gold medal over 18 km at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . For this achievement he was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal. In the same year he became Swedish champion over 15 km.

In 1938 Larsson became a Laestadian and quit cross-country skiing. He was a preacher in the Laestadian community in Kiruna, Sweden. Erik Larsson is the grandfather of the Swedish crime writer Åsa Larsson .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the Swedish Masters
personal data
SURNAME Larsson, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larsson, Erik August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Kurravaara
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1982
Place of death Jukkasjärvi