Britt Strandberg

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Britt Strandberg
Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Squaw Valley	3 x 5 km
Silver	1964 Innsbruck	3 x 5 km
Silver	1968 Grenoble	3 x 5 km
World Championships
Silver	1962 Zakopane	3 x 5 km
Bronze	1966 Oslo	3 x 5 km

Britt Strandberg (born March 31, 1934) is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. She won three Winter Olympic medals in the 3 x 5 km with a gold in 1960 and silvers in 1964 and 1968.

Sandberg also won 3 x 5 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 1962 and a bronze in 1966.

References

Swedish skiing medalists 1924-2006 (Swedish)
Britt Strandberg at the International Ski Federation

v t e Olympic champions in women's cross-country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

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 Klavdiya Boyarskikh 1968: Norway Inger Aufles Babben Enger-Damon Berit Mørdre Lammedal 1972: Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova

4 x 5 km	1976: Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova 1980: East Germany Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold 1984: Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Britt 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-Masalkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova 2010: Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen

Persondata
Name	Strandberg, Britt
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	March 31, 1934
Place of birth
Date of death
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