 David Ekholm during the IBU World Championships in Östersund, Sweden in February 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1979 Ekshärad, Sweden | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||
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David Ekholm (born 16 January 1979) is a Swedish biathlete. He competed in three events at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [1]
Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.
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Ireland sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was Ireland's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Irish delegation to Turin consisted of four athletes, two alpine skiers, one cross-country skier, and one skeleton racer. The best performance by any Irish competitor at these Olympics was 20th, by David Connolly in the men's skeleton race.
Torgny Mogren is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1998. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. His best individual finish was a fifth in the combined pursuit at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Sven-Åke Lundbäck is a former Swedish cross-country skier. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the 15 km, 30 km and 4 × 10 km events and won a gold medal over 15 km in 1972. He was close to a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1972, but fell near the finish; he had another fourth place in the relay in 1980.
Sweden was the host nation for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. 444 competitors, 421 men and 23 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.
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Matilda Ekholm is a Swedish table tennis player. She has won four medals in European Table Tennis Championships. She won a bronze medal in women's doubles in 2013 paired with the Spanish player Galia Dvorak. She won another bronze medal in women's team in 2014 with the Swedish national team. She won her third medal, a silver, paired with Mattias Karlsson in mixed doubles in 2016. 4th medal was 2018 in doubles with Pota Georgina. She has also participated in women's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 17th.
Events from the year 1970 in Sweden
Events from the year 1998 in Sweden
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