Toini Gustafsson

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Toini Gustafsson Ronnlund in Jan 2014.jpg
Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund in 2014
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Full nameToini Lempi Gustafsson Rönnlund
Born (1938-01-17) 17 January 1938 (age 86)
Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubIFK Likenäs
Skellefteå SK
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 220
World Championships 012
Total232
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1968 Grenoble 5 km
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1968 Grenoble 10 km
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1964 Innsbruck 3 × 5 km relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Grenoble 3 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1962 Zakopane 3 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1966 Oslo 10 km
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1966 Oslo 3 × 5 km relay

Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund (born Toini Karvonen; 17 January 1938) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. She competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and won four medals. Gustafsson also won the 10 km race at the Holmenkollen ski festival in each of 1960, 1967, and 1968. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships she collected three medals with a silver in 1962 (3 × 5 km relay) and two bronzes in 1966 (10 km and 3 × 5 km relay).

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For her successes in Nordic skiing and at the Holmenkollen, Gustafsson received the Holmenkollen medal in 1967 (Shared with Ole Ellefsæter). She is the first Swedish woman to win the Holmenkollen medal. In 1968, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. [1]

She was married twice and had a daughter, Eva, born in 1956. In 1968 she divorced her first husband and married Swedish former cross-country skier Assar Rönnlund, with whom she had two more children. [2] They became the second husband-wife team to win the Holmenkollen medal (Rönnlund earned the medal in 1968). Additionally, they are the only husband-wife team to win the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. [3]

Gustafsson is an ethnic Finn. She was born in Suomussalmi, Finland, but was evacuated to Sweden as a Finnish war child in 1944. She retired from competition in 1968 and later worked as a physical education teacher. [3] [4]

She is the paternal grandmother of cross-country skier Elina Rönnlund. [5]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [6]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1964 26 6 8 Silver
1968 30 Gold Gold Silver

World Championships

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1962 24Silver
1966 286BronzeBronze

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References

  1. "Bragdmedaljörer genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. "Assar Rönnlund död" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Toini Gustafsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  4. Toini Rönnlund. Swedish Olympic Committee
  5. Thorén, Petra (3 December 2018). "Ikonens barnbarn gör debut: "Jag är stolt..."" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet . Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1968
Succeeded by