Nils-Joel Englund

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 50 km
World Championships
Gold 1933 Innsbruck 18 km
Gold 1933 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km
Gold 1935 Vysoké Tatry 50 km
Silver 1934 Sollefteå 50 km
Bronze 1934 Sollefteå 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1935 Vysoké Tatry 4 x 10 km

Nils-Joel Englund (Apr 7, 1907 - Jun 23, 1995) was a Swedish cross-country skiier who competed in the 1930's. He won a bronze medal in 50 km at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Englund also won six medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships, earning three golds (4 x 10 km and 18 km: 1933, 50 km: 1935), one silver (50 km: 1934), and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1934, 1935).

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World champions in men's 15 km cross country
As 18km - 1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1927: John Lindgren | 1929: Veli Saarinen | 1930: Arne Rustadstuen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Nils-Joel Englund | 1934: Sulo Nurmela | 1935: Klaes Karppinen | 1937: Lars Bergendahl | 1938: Pauli Pitkänen | 1939: Jussi Kurikkala | 1950: Karl-Erik Åström
As 15km - 1954: Veikko Hakulinen | 1958: Veikko Hakulinen | 1962: Assar Rönnlund | 1966: Gjermund Eggen | 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund | 1974: Magne Myrmo | 1978: Józef Łuszczek | 1982: Oddvar Brå | 1985: Kari Härkönen | 1987: Marco Albarello | 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan | 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi | 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie | 2001: Per Elofsson | 2003: Axel Teichmann | 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer
World champions in men's 50 km cross country
1925: Frantisek Donth | 1926: Matti Raivio | 1927: John Lindgren | 1929: Anselm Knuutila | 1930: Sven Utterström | 1931: Ole Stensen | 1933: Veli Saarinen | 1934: Elis Wiklund | 1935: Nils-Joel Englund | 1937: Pekka Niemi | 1938: Kalle Jalkanen | 1939: Lars Bergendahl | 1950: Gunnar Eriksson | 1954: Vladimir Kuzin | 1958: Sixten Jernberg | 1962: Sixten Jernberg | 1966: Gjermund Eggen | 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen | 1974: Gerhard Grimmer | 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck | 1982: Thomas Wassberg | 1985: Gunde Svan | 1987: Maurilio De Zolt | 1989: Gunde Svan | 1991: Torgny Mogren | 1993: Torgny Mogren | 1995: Silvio Fauner | 1997: Mika Myllylä | 1999: Mika Myllylä | 2001: Johann Mühlegg | 2003: Martin Koukal | 2005: Frode Estil
World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay
1933 Sweden Per Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund, & Hjalmar Bergström
1934 Finland Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen, & Veli Saarinen
1935 Finland Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen, & Sulo Nurmela
1937 Norway Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, & Lars Bergendahl
1938 Finland Jussi Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, & Klaes Karppinen
1939 Finland Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, & Klaes Karppinen
1950 Sweden Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, & Enar Josefsson
1954 Finland August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, & Veikko Hakulinen
1958 Sweden Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, & Per-Erik Larsson
1962 Sweden Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, & Assar Rönnlund
1966 Norway Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, & Gjermund Eggen
1970 Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov, Valeriy Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974 East Germany Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer & Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978 Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johannson, Tommy Linnby & Thomas Magnusson
1982 Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, & Oddvar Brå
1982 Soviet Union Vladimir Nikitin, Aleksandr Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov, & Aleksandr Savyalov
1985 Norway Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte, & Ove Aunli
1987 Sweden Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg, & Torgny Mogren
1989 Sweden Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, & Torgny Mogren
1991 Norway Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, & Bjørn Dæhlie
1993 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, & Bjørn Dæhlie
1995 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
1997 Norway Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard
1999 Austria Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, & Christian Hoffman
2001 Norway Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, & Tor Arne Hetland
2003 Norway Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, & Thomas Alsgaard
2005 Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, & Tore Ruud Hofstad
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