Sonja Edström

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Sonja Edström
Medal record

Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Squaw Valley	3 x 5 km
Bronze	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	10 km
Bronze	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	3 x 5 km
World Championships
Bronze	1954 Falun	3 x 5 km
Bronze	1958 Lahti	3 x 5 km

Sonja Edström (Sonja Ruthström-Edström from 1958 onwards, born November 18, 1930 in Luleå) was a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. 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.

References

Sonja Edström-Ruthström at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

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	Edstrom, Sonja
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	November 18, 1930
Place of birth	Luleå
Date of death
Place of death

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