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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finished seventh in the 50 km event. In 1931, he won Vasaloppet. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021. Cross-country...
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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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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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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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China, 1931-1945. "Jingyuetan National Forest Park, Changchun". govt.chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2023. "The Vasaloppet China...
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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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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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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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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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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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to the spectators. Johan Grøttumsbråten used the skating technique at the 1931 World Championship in Oberhof, one of the earliest recorded use of skating...
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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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in ski-orienteering. A major goal for many of the section members is Vasaloppet, and in recent times between 10 and 15 skiers usually have competed for...
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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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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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