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    Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course...
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  • event in Sweden in 1997. He won Vasaloppet in 1998 with a time of 3 hours, 38 minutes and 57 seconds, beating the old Vasaloppet record by ten minutes...
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    swimming, sailing and skiing. In 2003, he completed the historic Swedish "Vasaloppet", the longest cross country ski race in the world. Carl Philip also enjoys...
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  • Sofia Lind (category Vasaloppet winners)
    women's race at the Vasaloppet four times, in 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2005. She also had the best time among the women in 1996, but prior to 1997, there was no...
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    idea to have a large competition for the average jogger comparable with Vasaloppet for cross country skiers, came from the sports magazine journalist Sven...
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    woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the...
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    which he competed in and finished the long-distance endurance events of Vasaloppet, Vätternrundan, Vansbrosimmet and the Lidingöloppet during one year, this...
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  • för levande historia. p. 8. Retrieved 24 June 2013. Horisont 1996, page 58 - Westin tog andra Vasaloppet, Bertmarks 1997 Håkan Westin Westin Adventure...
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    Marit Bjørgen (category Vasaloppet winners)
    cross-country ski squad Team Ragde Eiendom, with a focus on competing in Vasaloppet in March 2021. On 28 April 2022, she announced the end of her career by...
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    Nils Karlsson (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories. He was born near Mora. He won the Olympic gold medal in the...
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    the Tour de Ski with 14, and had 29 podiums in total. She also won the Vasaloppet women's edition in 2015. She was voted the Polish Sports Personality of...
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  • Kerrin Petty (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Federation (FIS). "Olympians". University of Vermont. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013....
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    (in Swedish). Stockholm: Utg. SELIBR 1345344. Petersson, Sven (1974). Vasaloppet: världens största skidtävling (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios...
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  • Canins was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet and win 10 times the Marcialonga. She was world champion in mountain biking...
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    klassiker, the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet...
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    intention to participate in long-distance races like Marcialonga and Vasaloppet Dæhlie also participated in long-distance running in his youth, representing...
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    Anders Aukland (category Vasaloppet winners)
    received the Egebergs Ærespris in 2001. On 7 March 2004, Aukland won the Vasaloppet in Sweden, becoming the second Norwegian to accomplish this feat after...
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    Fiemme Valley a ski marathon that would trace, in some way, the legendary Vasaloppet, historical and well-known Swedish cross-country skiing competition, in...
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    O-Ringen (orienteering) Stockholm Marathon Vansbrosimningen (swimming) Vasaloppet (cross-country skiing) Vätternrundan (bicycle racing) Open to elite only...
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  • Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Emma Wikén Lars-Göran Åslund Sofia Lind – 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2005 Hans Persson – 1984 Peter Göransson – 1998 Jan Ottosson...
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  • 1964–65. He competed in the 70-kilometre Oslo to Eidsvoll and 90-kilometre Vasaloppet ski marathons in Sweden during this period. After retiring from the Royal...
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    depending on the rules of the race. Notable ski marathons, include the Vasaloppet in Sweden, Birkebeineren in Norway, the Tartu Maraton in Estonia, the...
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    Italy König Ludwig Lauf 50 / 23 km 50 / 23 km Oberammergau, Germany Vasaloppet 90 / 45 / 30 km Sälen – Mora, Sweden Engadin Skimarathon 42 / 21 / 17 km...
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  • won Vasaloppet. All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). 1 victory 2 podiums "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Retrieved...
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    Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2013. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived...
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    Ole Ellefsæter (category Vasaloppet winners)
    silver (15 km) medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet. Competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase, he won six national championships...
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  • Staffan Larsson (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Larsson competed at an elite level from 1992 to 2005. He took part in the Vasaloppet on numerous occasions, and finished second in 1998 after a late finish...
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    Sixten Jernberg (category Vasaloppet winners)
    over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in the 4 × 10 km relay. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960. He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival...
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    Ida Dahl, Team Engcon 2024 – Kati Roivas, Finland Tjejmilen Tjejtrampet Vasaloppet "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Retrieved 13 August...
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    resume playing hockey. One year after the stroke Ekman participated in Vasaloppet to provide attention to the Swedish Stroke Association. He crossed the...
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