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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Inge Olsson |
| Born | 16 November 1944 (age 79) [1] Falun, Sweden [1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | IFK Borlänge [1] |
Lars Inge Olsson (born 16 November 1944) is a Swedish former alpine skier. He competed in the slalom and downhill evenets at the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the giant slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics. [2]
Pernilla Wiberg is a Swedish former alpine ski racer and businesswoman. She competed on the World Cup circuit between 1990 and 2002, where she became one of the few all-event winners. Having won two Olympic gold medals, four World Championships and one World Cup overall title, she is one of the most successful alpine ski racers of the 1990s. On club level, she represented Norrköpings SK. She was born in Norrköping.
Åre is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the local economy is based on tourism, most notably the downhill skiing and biking resorts in Åre, Duved and Storlien. The growth in tourism has resulted in the development of hotels, recreational and shopping opportunities in the area.
Sweden first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then with one exception, the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics. Sweden has earned medals at all Olympic games except for two, the 1896 Games and the 1904 Games. Sweden is the country with the longest Olympic Games medalling streak in history, having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908.
Lars-Börje "Bulan" Eriksson is a Swedish former alpine skier. He surprisingly won a bronze medal in the super-G competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Later he also won two World Cup victories, one in super-G and one in giant slalom. He finished his skiing career in 1992, after having struggled with an injury from a bone fracture during downhill training in the 1991 World Championships.
Lars Sune Olsson is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. He was part of the Swedish 4 × 10 km relay team that won the 1962 world title and finished fourth at the 1960 Olympics; individually he placed 16th over 15 km at the 1964 Games.
Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Sweden competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.
West Germany competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. West German athletes had competed together with East German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
Lars Jonas Nilsson is a Swedish former alpine skier. He was born in Hedemora, which is located in Sweden. He competed at three Winter Olympics.
Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
The Swedish Ski Team is the national skiing sport team of Sweden.
Johan Arne Olsson is a Swedish cross-country skiing coach and former skier. He is a two-time Olympic champion who raced from 1998 to 2017. Olsson won five individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup victories and two additional podium finishes during his career.
The men's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 27, 2010.
Frida Marie Hansdotter is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. She competed in the technical events and specialised in slalom. Hansdotter's father Hans Johansson was also an alpine racer, and she is a second cousin of Prince Daniel.
Mattias Hargin is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Stockholm, he competed mainly in slalom, and is the younger brother of Janette Hargin, who also raced for Sweden. Hargin was married to Swedish alpine free-skier Matilda Rapaport, who died in an avalanche in Chile in July 2016.
Matts Olsson is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who raced in the giant slalom discipline.
Sweden competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Swedish Olympic Committee sent 106 athletes to the Games, 61 men and 45 women, to compete in nine sports. 38 of the 98 events had Swedish participation. The youngest athlete in the delegation was freestyle skier Sandra Näslund, at 17 years old, while ice hockey player Daniel Alfredsson was the oldest athlete at 41. Alfredsson competed in his fifth Olympics, and he thus became the first Swedish ice hockey player that has participated in five Olympic tournaments. 55 athletes were Olympic debutants. Sweden won 15 medals in total, making the Sochi games Sweden's most successful Winter Games ever in terms of medals. However, the number of gold medals (2) was lower than in the two previous Winter Games.
Lars Martin Hansson is a Swedish former alpine skier who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He was Swedish national junior slalom champion in 1994. He is the younger brother of fellow alpine skier Erika Hansson.
Lars Fredrik Nelson is a Swedish cross-country skier.
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