Bengt Eriksson
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Olympic medal record | |||
Men's nordic combined | |||
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Silver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Individual |
Bengt Eriksson (January 22, 1931–) is a former Swedish nordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the individual event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Eriksson is the only Swede to ever medal in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.
Eriksson was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1965 (Shared with Arto Tiainen and Arne Larsen.).
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: Bengt Eriksson - statistics
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Bengt Eriksson at sok.se
Preceded by Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs |
Holmenkollen medal with Arto Tiainen & Arne Larsen 1965 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson & Ole Ellefsæter |
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