Olle Gunneriusson

Olle Gunneriusson
Full name	Olle Gunneriusson
Association	Sweden
birthday	August 26, 1924
date of death	November 26, 1982
Career
society	Hammerdals Idrottsförening
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	-
Debut in the World Cup	-
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 × Swedish championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
World championships gold 1958 Saalfelden Season silver 1958 Saalfelden singles Swedish Championships (biathlon) silver 1958 Sollefteå singles gold 1965 Söderhamn singles
World Cup balance

Olle Gunneriusson (born August 26, 1924 , † November 26, 1982 ) was a former Swedish biathlete .

Olle Gunneriusson comes from Grenås and started for the Hammerdals IF club while he was active . He was a marksman and won the 1957 Fältskjutning (field shooting) in Yxskaftkälen ( Strömsund municipality ) with 28 hits. In the winter of 1958 he won one of the first biathlon competitions in Alsen with 84.87 points, as well as the competition organized by the F 4 Skytteförening , a little later he came second at the Swedish championships in Sollefteå . The high point of his career was the first biathlon world championship in February 1958 in Saalfelden . He won together with Adolf Wiklund , Sture Ohlin and Sven Nilsson in the then unofficial relay competition. In the individual, he secured the title of runner- up behind the first world champion, his compatriot Adolf Wiklund . In 1964 he won another title in the sport shooting category when he again won field shooting in Alsen with 46 of 48 possible hits. He secured the Swedish championship title in biathlon at the age of 40 in Söderhamn in February 1965 . He then took part in senior competitions as a biathlete and won the 1966 district championship in Kyrkås .

In 1980 he received the Ledar scholarship , an honorary award of Skr 8,000 from the Strömsund community for outstanding voluntary work. Gunneriusson died in 1982.

Web links

• Archive with pictures by Olle Gunneriusson

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ledar scholarship holder ( Swedish ) Strömsunds Kommun. May 27, 2010. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. 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 August 18, 2010. 
2. ↑ Skidskytte Sverige: Svenska OS och VM-medaljörer ( Swedish ) www.sporthistoria.se. Retrieved August 18, 2010.