Holmfrid Olsson

Holmfrid Olsson
Association	Sweden
birthday	May 20, 1943
place of birth	Rörbäcksnäs, Dalarna, Sweden
date of death	January 27, 2009
Career
society	Rörbäcksnäs Skytteförening
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 2 ×
winter Olympics bronze 1968 Grenoble 4 × 7.5 km relay  Biathlon world championships bronze 1966 Altenberg 4 × 7.5 km relay bronze 1967 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Cup balance

Holmfrid Olsson (born May 20, 1943 in Rörbäcksnäs , Dalarna , Sweden, † January 27, 2009 ) was a Swedish biathlete .

Olsson came from the small community of Rörbäcksnäs near Malung-Sälen and started for the Rörbäcksnäs Skytteförening association . At the World Championships in 1966 and 1967 he won the bronze medal with the 4 × 7.5 km relay; both times the season ran with the cast of Olle Petrusson , Tore Eriksson , Olsson and Sture Ohlin . In 1966 he narrowly missed the podium in fourth place, it was his best individual placement at a major international event.

He was also part of the Swedish relay team at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and won a bronze medal with Olle Petrusson, Lars-Göran Arwidson and Tore Eriksson. In the individual race he was able to take 20th place after six shooting errors. At the 1972 Olympic Games he was back on the Swedish Olympic team. As 21st in the individual and fifth in the relay, he was denied another medal.

Olsson died on January 27, 2009 at the age of 65.

Web links

• Holmfrid Olsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Olympic Database
• Death report (PDF; 2.6 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Föreningar i Rörbäcksnäs ( Swedish ) Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 28, 2009.