Jan Halvarsson

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Jan Halvarsson Cross-country skiing
Full name Jan Ivar Halvarsson
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 26th December 1942 (age 77)
place of birth Ostersund , Sweden
date of death 5th May 2020
Place of death Hammerdal
Career
society Föllinge IK
Hammerdals IF
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1968 Grenoble Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1970 Štrbské Pleso Season
 

Jan Ivar Halvarsson (born December 26, 1942 in Östersund , † May 5, 2020 in Hammerdal ) was a Swedish cross-country skier .

Career

Halvarsson, who started for the Föllinge IK and the Hammerdals IF , had his first international success at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . There he won the silver medal with the relay. He also took 12th place over 30 km, seventh place over 50 km and fifth place over 15 km. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1970 in Štrbské Pleso , he won the silver medal with the relay. In the same year he was third in the Wasalauf . In 1968 he won the Swedish championships over 50 km. He was also champion in 1965 and 1967 with the season of Föllinge IK and in 1969 with the season of Hammerdals IF.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swedish Winter Olympic cross-country skier Halvarsson dies at 77. August 3, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Wasalauf 1970
  3. ↑ List of the Swedish masters
personal data
SURNAME Halvarsson, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halvarsson, Jan Ivar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostersund
DATE OF DEATH 5th May 2020
Place of death Hammerdal