Gustav Adolf Sellin

Gustav Adolf Sellin
nation	Sweden
birthday	February 17, 1917
date of death	April 15, 1978
Career
discipline	Ski jumping Nordic combined skiing
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships silver 1939 Zakopane Single NK

Gustav Adolf Sellin (born February 17, 1917 , † April 15, 1978 ) was a Swedish Nordic skier . He won the silver medal in Nordic combined at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1939 .

Career

Sellin started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1938 in combination, ski jumping and cross-country skiing . Over 18 km classic he could only line up in 124th place. In the ski jumping competition, he finished 36th with 25.9 points behind the winner Asbjørn Ruud . He did best in the combined competition, where he reached eleventh place.

A year later Sellin was again part of the squad for the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1939 in Zakopane . In the cross-country skiing competition over 18 km he was able to improve significantly and ranked 28th. In the Nordic combined he was only outdone by Gustav Berauer and won the silver medal.

Placements

• Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 in Lahti : 11th individual Nordic combined, 31st individual ski jumping, 124th individual 18 km classic
• Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 in Zakopane : 3rd individual Nordic combined, 28th individual 18 km classic

Web links

• Gustav Adolf Sellin in the database of the International Ski Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nordisk Combination Sverige: Svenska OS, VM och EM-medaljer ( sv ) sporthistoria.se. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
2. ↑ Nordiska grenar ( sv ) web.archive.org. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
3. ↑ FIS / NC official result list WM 1939 . fis-ski.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.