Alvar Hegglund ( Swede. Alvar Hägglund , May 13, 1913 - October 21, 1996 ) - Swedish skier , world championship medalist.
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| Birth name | Swede. Alvar haggling | |||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | |||||||
| Date of Birth | May 13, 1913 | |||||||
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| Date of death | October 21, 1996 (83 years) | |||||||
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| Status | completed career | |||||||
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Career
At the World Cup in 1937 in Chamonix was the 4th in the relay. At the World Championship in 1939 in Zakopane participated in two races. In the race for 50 km, showing the time 2: 57.43, he took the sixth place, losing more than 11 minutes to the winner Norwegian Lars Bergendal . In the relay race together with Karl Palin , Selm Stenvall and Young Westberg won silver, a little more than a minute, losing to the victorious Finns and almost 4 minutes beating the third Italians .
He has no other significant achievements at the international level, he never participated in the Olympic Games .
Links
- Alvar Hegglund - FIS website statistics (eng.)