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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Anders Ström (category Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics)
1928 Winter Olympics, where he finished seventh in the 50 km event. In 1931, he won Vasaloppet. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet....
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Olle Wiklund (category Vasaloppet winners)
In 1942, he won Vasaloppet., nine minutes before second-placed Bertil Melin, breaking the old Vasaloppet record, dated back to 1928, with two minutes...
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Kranskulla (section Vasaloppet)
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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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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and other countries. Torsby Ski Tunnel and Sports Center is an official Vasaloppet Centre. Directly adjacent to the facility is Torsby Sports hotel. The...
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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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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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Sven Utterström (category Vasaloppet winners)
Lappalainen were the first two, winning the 50 km in 1922 and 1928, respectively.). At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished ninth in the 18 km competition...
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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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Per-Erik Hedlund (category Vasaloppet winners)
competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf...
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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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Assar Rönnlund (category Vasaloppet winners)
bringing the team from fourth place to victory. Rönnlund also won the Vasaloppet in 1967 and the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1962...
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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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held an "international contest" of "ski running". 1922: start of the Vasaloppet. 1922: Arnold Lunn created modern slalom competitive skiing. 1922: First...
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World Ski Championships was held in Otepää also. In 2000, Raul Olle won Vasaloppet, which is amongst the oldest, longest, and biggest cross-country ski races...
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Daniel Tynell from the Falun-Borlänge SK cross-country skiing club wins Vasaloppet. 6 March - Demoex is founded. 11 April - An earthquake occurs in Kusmark...
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