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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Alfred Lif (category Vasaloppet winners)
the Swedish 50 kilometers national championship in 1935. and in 1939 he won Vasaloppet. Also competing in alpine skiing, he participated in the 1937 Swedish...
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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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the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. He also won second place in the 1946 Vasaloppet, with 6:13:53 as his time...
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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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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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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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and is one of the AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China. The park hosts Vasaloppet China annually. Changchun achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of RMB332...
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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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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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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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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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types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. From 1924 to 1939, the World Championships were held annually, including years with Winter...
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Gert-Dietmar Klause (category Vasaloppet winners)
best individual finish was a 4th in the 15 km in 1970. In 1975, he won Vasaloppet as the first and only East German winner. All results are sourced from...
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the Swedish national relay championship. Limby finished third in the Vasaloppet in 1977. He died on 14 January 2008 at the age of 60. 1 medal – (1 gold)...
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