Sven Nilsson (biathlete)

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Sven Nilsson biathlon
Association SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday
Career
status resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IBU Biathlon world championships
gold 1958 Saalfelden team
World Cup balance
last change: end of career

Sven Nilsson is a former Swedish biathlete .

Sven Nilsson from Erikslund ( Ånge kommun , Västernorrlands län ) started for Enig, Borgsjö and was one of the participants in the first ever biathlon world championship in 1958 in Saalfelden . In adding up the individual results, he became unofficial world champion together with Adolf Wiklund , Olle Gunneriusson and Sture Ohlin . Although Nilsson came in eighth, he contributed the weakest of Sweden's four results - his team-mates finished one, two and four. In the following years only the three best runners in a country were included in the ranking. The results are now included in the official relay statistics of the International Biathlon Union .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saalfelden 1958 , photo of the team with description
  2. ^ Saalfelden 1958 , photo of the winner with description
personal data
SURNAME Nilsson, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century