Gunnar Eriksson

Gunnar Eriksson
nation	Sweden
birthday	January 3, 1921
place of birth	Mora , Sweden
date of death	July 8, 1982
Place of death	Mora
Career
society	IFK Mora
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 1948 St. Moritz Season bronze 1948 St. Moritz 18 km  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 1950 Lake Placid 50 km

Krång Erik "Gunnar" Eriksson (born January 3, 1921 in Mora , Dalarna County , † July 8, 1982 ibid) was a Swedish cross-country skier .

Career

Eriksson, who started for the IFK Mora , won the bronze medal over 18 km and the gold medal with the relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . In 1949 he achieved his best placement in the Wasalauf with sixth place . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid in 1950 he was world champion over 50 km. The following year he won the Lahti Ski Games in the 50 km run. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 in Falun , he finished 21st over 50 km and 15th over 30 km. With the season of IFK Mora he was twice Swedish champion (1945, 1950).

successes

• Olympic Winter Games 1948 in St. Moritz : gold with the relay, bronze over 18 km
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 in Lake Placid : Gold over 50 km

Web links

• Gunnar Eriksson in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Gunnar Eriksson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wasalauf 1949
2. ↑ List of the Swedish Masters