Sven Selånger
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Ski jumping large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1933 Innsbruck | Nordic combined | |
| Bronze | 1931 Oberhof | Ski jumping large hill | |
| Bronze | 1933 Innsbruck | Ski jumping large hill | |
| Bronze | 1934 Sollefteå | Ski jumping large hill | |
Sven Selånger (a.k.a. Sven "Selånger" Eriksson) (March 19, 1907 – November 9, 1992) was a Swedish nordic skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a ski jumping silver at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also competed in nordic combined at the Winter Olympics in 1928, finishing 6th, and in 1932, finishing 5th.
In addition, he won ski jumping bronze medals at the 1931, 1933, and 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and a gold medal in the 1933 nordic combined event.
Selånger won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1939, the first non-Norwegian to win the event. In 1939, Selånger became the first non-Norwegian to win the Holmenkollen medal, sharing the award with Norwegians Lars Bergendahl and Trygve Brodahl. He also won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1939 as well.
Selånger competed as Sven Eriksson until the 1936 Winter Olympics, then changed his surname to Selånger after his hometown because there were so many Swedes with the surname of Eriksson.
[edit] External links
- FIS Nordic combined profile (As Sven Eriksson)
- FIS Ski jumping profile (As S. Eriksson)
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1925: Otakar Německý * 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1927: Rudolf Burkert * 1929: Hans Vinjarengen * 1930: Hans Vinjarengen * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1933: Sven Selånger * 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1937: Sigurd Røen * 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken * 1939: Gustl Berauer * 1950: Heikki Hasu * 1954: Sverre Stenersen * 1958: Paavo Korhonen * 1962: Arne Larsen * 1966: Georg Thoma * 1970: Ladislav Rygl * 1974: Ulrich Wehling * 1978: Konrad Winkler * 1982: Tom Sandberg * 1985: Hermann Weinbuch * 1987: Torbjørn Løkken * 1989: Trond Einar Elden * 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1993: Kenji Ogiwara * 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1997: Kenji Ogiwara * 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2003: Ronny Ackermann * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007: Ronny Ackermann
| Preceded by Reidar Andersen & Johan R. Henriksen |
Holmenkollen medal with Lars Bergendahl & Trygve Brodahl 1939 |
Succeeded by Oscar Gjøslien & Annar Ryen |
| Preceded by Björn Borg |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1939 |
Succeeded by Henry Kärlame & Håkan Lidman |
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