Sixten Jernberg
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 Sixten Jernberg at the 1958 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edy Sixten Jernberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 6, 1929 Lima, Dalarna, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
July 14, 2012 (aged 83) Mora, Dalarna, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Lima IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edy Sixten Jernberg (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012)[1] was a Swedish cross-country skier.
Jernberg was born in Lima, Dalarna County.[1] He was a blacksmith and a lumberjack before beginning his career as a cross-country distance skier.[2] 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. Among his unique feats are that, in 12 starts, over three consecutive Winter Games, he never finished worse than fifth.
Jernberg 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, 1955 and 1960.[3] He 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 was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1956 (shared with pentathlete Lars Hall).[3]
Jernberg retired after the Olympic Winter Games of 1964. In 1965, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Jernberg the Mohammed Taher Trophy for his contributions to Nordic skiing.[2]
Training
At one competition, Jernberg had a fever and coughed up blood, but still finished the 50 km event.[4] Gunde Svan said: "It was almost like [Sixten] didn't like his own body and tried to punish it in different ways."[5]
Results in major competitions
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Champion skiier Sixten Jernberg dies". Radio Sweden. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sixten Jernberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sixten Jernberg, Swedish XC Star, Dead At 83". SkiRacing. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/vintersport/skidor/article8161216.ab
- ↑ Från Sixten till Kalla (From Sixten to Kalla), a documentary film about Swedish ski history during the last 100 years by Jens Lind, SVT, 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sixten Jernberg. |
- Sixten Jernberg at the Internet Movie Database
- Sixten Jernberg at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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| Preceded by Himself |
Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics February 25, 1988 – February 17, 1992 With: Raisa Smetanina |
Succeeded by Raisa Smetanina |
| Preceded by Himself with  Clas Thunbergand  Ivar Ballangrud |
Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics February 5, 1964 – February 25, 1988 |
Succeeded by Himself with Raisa Smetanina |
| Preceded by Clas Thunberg and Ivar Ballangrud |
Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics February 2, 1964 – February 5, 1964 With: Clas Thunberg Ivar Ballangrud |
Succeeded by Himself |
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| Preceded by Sigvard Ericsson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Lars Hall 1956 |
Succeeded by Dan Waern |
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