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Jan Bo Ottosson (born March 10, 1960 in Högsäter, Dalsland) is a former Swedish Cross-country skier, former national team skier he represented Åsarna IK during the 1980's and early 1990's. He won two gold medals in the 4 x 10km relay at the Winter Olympics (1984 and 1988). Additionally, he finished sixth in the 50 km event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991 Nordic skiing World Championships, won 8 individual Swedish championships, and won 55 Swedish championship gold medals in the relays. Ottoson in best known is for winning the Vasaloppet four times in (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994). After his active career with the Åsarnas squad, Ottoson now works as an official on the Bergs ski center.
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| Olympic champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay |
1936 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, & Kalle Jalkanen
1948 Sweden Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, & Martin Lundström
1952 Finland Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, & Tapio Mäkelä
1956 Soviet Union Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, & Vladimir Kuzin
1960 Finland Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, & Veikko Hakulinen
1964 Sweden Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, & Assar Rönnlund
1968 Norway Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, & Ole Ellefsæter
1972 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, & Vyacheslav Vedenin
1976 Finland Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, & Arto Koivisto
1980 Soviet Union Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeniy Belyayev, & Nikolay Zimyatov
1984 Sweden Thomas Wassberg, Benny Tord Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan
1988 Sweden Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan & Torgny Mogren
1992 Norway Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal & Bjørn Dæhlie
1994 Italy Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta & Silvio Fauner
1998 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
2002 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, & Thomas Alsgaard
2006 Italy Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, & Cristian Zorzi |
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