Erik Larsson (skier)
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Larsson at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
12 April 1912 Kurravaara, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
10 March 1982 (aged 69) Kiruna, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | IFK Kiruna | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Erik August Larsson (12 April 1912 – 10 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4×10 km. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Larsson also won a bronze in the 4×10 km relay at the 1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.[1][2]
Larsson was born as the second youngest of six siblings in a religious Finnish-speaking family. In 1935, he started working as a cleaner at the Kiruna iron ore mine in the summer and as a lumberjack in the winter. In 1939, after attending a prayer meeting in Kurravaara he gave up his sport career and became a Laestadian Christian. He was later a preacher in the Firstborn Laestadian congregation in Kiruna. His son Lars became a preacher in Luleå, while his granddaughter Åsa Larsson was a tax lawyer and a writer of crime novels.[1]
References
- 1 2 Erik Larsson. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Erik Larsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
Externa links
Media related to Erik Larsson (skier) at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded by Hans Drakenberg |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1936 |
Succeeded by Torsten Ullman |
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