Eric August Larsson ( Swede. Erik August Larsson ; April 12, 1912 , Kiruna - March 10, 1982 , Kiruna ) - Swedish skier , Olympic champion, medalist of the world championship.
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| Full name | Eric August Larsson | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Swede. Erik August Larsson | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kiruna Lasse | ||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | April 12, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kiruna , Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 10, 1982 (69 years) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kiruna , Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club | IFK Kiruna | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | completed career | ||||||||||||||||
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Career
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he became the Olympic champion in the 18 km race and the bronze medalist of the relay race. In the 18 km race, he won the second, Norwegian Oddbjorn Hagen for almost a minute. In the relay, he ran the second stage and, having gone to his stage in 3rd place, he led his team to second place, beating around the course of the stage representative of Finland Klaes Karppinen . In the race for 50 km did not participate.
At the World Championship-1935 in the High Tatras won a bronze medal in the relay.
The granddaughter of Eric Augusta Larsson, Osa Larsson is a well-known Swedish writer of the detective genre.
Links
- Eric August Larsson - FIS website statistics (eng.)
- Eric August Larsson - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)