Stubborn Ohlin

Stubborn Ohlin

Full name

Bo stubborn Roland Ohlin

Association

Sweden

birthday

May 3, 1935

place of birth

Arjeplog

Career

society

Arjeplogs Skytteförening

Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup

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Debut in the World Cup

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Medal table

World Cup medals

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World Cup balance

last change: March 15, 2012

Bo Sture Roland Ohlin (born May 3, 1935 in Arjeplog , Norrbotten County ) is a former Swedish biathlete .

Sture Ohlin started for the Arjeplogs Skytteförening club while he was active . In Saalfelden he competed in the first world championship in 1958 , took 4th place in the individual and won with the first individual world champion Adolf Wiklund as well as Olle Gunneriusson and Sven Nilsson in the still unofficial team competition. Also in 1959 he was part of the successful Swedish team, with which he came second in the still unofficial competition alongside Wiklund and Sven Agge behind the representation of the USSR. In 1962 he was able to place well in an individual race as seventh place in the individual in Hämeenlinna . The high point of his career was the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where Ohlin was 12th. With Olle Petrusson , Tore Eriksson and Holmfrid Olsson , Ohlin won bronze medals as the final runner at the end of his career at the Biathlon World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1966 and the following year in Altenberg in the relay competitions that are now part of the official program.

Web links

Sture Ohlin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Ohlin on the Swedish NOK website
Archive with pictures by Sture Ohlin

personal data
SURNAME	Ohlin, stubborn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ohlin, Bo Sture Roland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH	May 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arjeplog