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Nationality | British |
Born | 9 April 1932 |
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Sport | Cross-country skiing |
Thomas Cairney (born 9 April 1932) is a British cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. [1]
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Lars Thomas Wassberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Jernberg and Oddvar Brå. He has described his mental strength and physical fitness as his greatest abilities as a skier, with his main weakness being a lack of sprinting ability.
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