Mats Larsson
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Larsson in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
20 March 1980 (age 35) Järna, Vansbro, Sweden | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Åsarna IK | |||||||||||||||
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Ål Mats Arne Larsson (born 20 March 1980) is a Swedish cross country skier who has raced since 1999. He won a bronze medal in the 4×10 km relay and finished 20th in the 15 km event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.[1]
Larsson won a silver medal in the individual sprint event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. His only career win came in a 15 km event in 2002 in Italy.
In May 2013, he was appointed as a coach for the Swedish national cross-country ski team.[2] His father Gunnar was also an Olympic cross country skier.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Mats Larsson. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Hultqvist, Daniel (3 May 2013). "OS-medaljör in i skidlandslaget" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ Mats Larsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
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- Mats Larsson at the International Ski Federation
- Official website (Swedish)
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