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Sonja Edstrõm (Sonja Edstrõm-Ruthström from 1958 onwards) was a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1950's and 1960's. She won three Winter Olympic medals with one gold in 1960 (3 x 5 km ) and two bronzes in 1956 (10 km, 3 x 5 km).
Edstrõm also won two 3 x 5 km bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1954, 1958). She won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1956.
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| Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 4 x 5 km relay |
(As 3 x 5 km) 1956 Finland Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen
1960 Sweden Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström
1964 Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdija Bojarskikh
1968 Norway Inger Aufles, Babben Enger Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal
1972 Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhacheva, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova
(As 4 x 5 km) 1976 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova
1980 East Germany Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Schmidt, & Barbara Petzold
1984 Norway Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Brit Pettersen, & Berit Aunli
1988 Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova
1992 Unified Team Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova
1994 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova
1998 Russia Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina
2002 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher
2006 Russia Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Julija Tchepalova, & Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova |
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