Sixten Jernberg

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 50 km
Gold 1960 Squaw Valley 30 km
Gold 1964 Innsbruck 50 km
Gold 1964 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km
Silver 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 15 km
Silver 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 30 km
Silver 1960 Squaw Valley 15 km
Bronze 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1964 Innsbruck 15 km
World Championships
Gold 1958 Lahti 50 km
Gold 1958 Lahti 4 x 10 km
Gold 1962 Zakopane 50 km
Gold 1962 Zakopane 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1954 Falun 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1958 Lahti 30 km

Edy Sixten Jernberg (born 6 February 1929, Malung Municipality, Dalarna County) is a retired Swedish cross country skier.

Through a career lasting from the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun to the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he won four World Championships gold medals and nine Olympic medals. He specialised in the longer distances, with four of his eight gold medals coming in the 50 km distance, one was over 30 km and three in 4 x 10 km. He also won Vasaloppet twice. Jernberg won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1954. For his cross-country skiing successes, Jernberg was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1960 (Shared with Helmut Recknagel, Sverre Stensheim, and Tormod Knutsen.). He also won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1956 (Shared with Lars Hall).

[edit] Olympic results

    • 1956, 15 km: 2, 30 km: 2, 50 km: 1, 4 x 10 km: 3,
    • 1960, 15 km: 2, 30 km: 1, 50 km: 5, 4 x 10 km: 4,
    • 1964, 15 km: 3, 30 km: 5, 50 km: 1, 4 x 10 km: 1.

[edit] World Championship results

    • 1954, 30 km: 4, 4 x 10 km: 3,
    • 1958, 15 km: 4, 30 km: 3, 50 km: 1, 4 x 10 km: 1,
    • 1962, 30 km: 10, 50 km: 1, 4 x 10 km: 1,

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Preceded by
Per Erik Hedlund
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Lars Hall
1956
Succeeded by
Dan Waern
Preceded by
Gunder Gundersen
Holmenkollen medal with Helmut Recknagel, Sverre Stensheim, & Tormod Knutsen
1960
Succeeded by
Harald Grønningen