Jan Halvarsson ( Swede. Jan Halvarsson ; December 26, 1942 , Östersund ) - Swedish skier , Olympic medalist and World Championships.
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| Full name | Jan Ivar Halvarsson | |||||||||||||
| Birth name | Swede. Jan halvarsson | |||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | December 26, 1942 (76 years) | |||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Ostersund , Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Growth | 182 cm | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Follinge ik | |||||||||||||
| Status | completed career | |||||||||||||
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Career
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , he won the silver medal in which the first stage ran and finished second in second place, losing only to Norway’s Odd Martinsen , during the subsequent stages, Halvarsson’s team-mates retained second place and the Swedish team won the silver medal. In the remaining races of the Olympic tournament, he took the 5th place in the 15 km race, the 12th place in the 30 km race and the 7th place in the 50 km race.
At the 1970 World Championships in the High Tatras, he won a bronze medal in the relay race, the best result in personal races at the World Championships, 7th place in the 50 km race at the same 1970 Championship.
Links
- Jan Halvarsson - FIS website statistics (eng.)
- Ian Halvarsson - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)