Erik Lindström (ski jumper)

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Erik Lindström Ski jumping
Full name Erik Valter Lindström
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday January 2, 1918
place of birth Örnsköldsvik ,  Sweden
date of death 2nd September 1955
Place of death Örnsköldsvik ,  Sweden
Career
society IF Friska Viljor
Medal table
National medals 12 × gold ? ×silver ? ×bronze
Swedish Ski Association Swedish championships
gold 1940 singles
gold 1940 team
gold 1941 team
gold 1942 team
gold 1943 singles
gold 1943 team
gold 1944 singles
gold 1944 team
gold 1945 singles
gold 1945 team
gold 1946 team
gold 1948 team
 

Erik Valter Lindström (born January 2, 1918 in Örnsköldsvik , † September 2, 1955 ibid) was a Swedish ski jumper .

Career

Lindström, who started for the IF Friska Viljor club, was part of the Swedish squad at the first Winter Olympics after the Second World War . In the individual competition on the Olympic hill, he fell in the first round and did not start the second round.

Lindström won twelve national titles between 1940 and 1948, including four individual titles (1940, 1943, 1944 and 1945) and eight team titles in a row.

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personal data
SURNAME Lindström, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindström, Erik Valter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1955
Place of death Örnsköldsvik , Sweden