Klas Lestander

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Klas Lestander
Medal record

Competitor for Sweden
Men’s biathlon
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Squaw Valley	Individual (20 km)
World Championships
Bronze	1961 Umeå	20 km team

Klas Lestander (born April 18, 1931 in Arjeplog) is a Swedish biathlete and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.^[1] He used a Mosin Nagant Rifle, chambered in 7.62x54mm. Also using 7.62x54R ammunition. This model rifle was used to win 4 of the 5 gold medals

He was born in Arjeplog.

References

↑ "1960 Winter Olympics – Squaw Valley, United States – Biathlon" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)

Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual

1960: Klas Lestander (SWE)
1964: Vladimir Melanin (URS)
1968: Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1972: Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1976: Nikolay Kruglov (URS)
1980: Anatoly Alyabyev (URS)
1984: Peter Angerer (FRG)
1988: Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)
1992: Eugeni Redkine (EUN)
1994: Sergey Tarasov (RUS)
1998: Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
2002: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2006: Michael Greis (GER)
2010: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)

Persondata
Name	Lestander, Klas
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish biathlete
Date of birth	April 18, 1931
Place of birth	Arjeplog
Date of death
Place of death

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