Janne Stefansson
Swedish cross-country skier
 Janne Stefansson by the early 1960s | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Janne Reidar Stefansson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1935-03-19) 19 March 1935 (age 89) Transtrand, Dalarna, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sälens IF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janne Reidar Stefansson (born 19 March 1935) is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the 15 km and 4 × 10 km events. He won a gold medal in the relay in 1964 and finishing fourth in 1960. He finished fifth in the 15 km event and fourth in both 30 km and 50 km events in 1964.[1]
Stefansson won a silver medal over 30 km at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. He also won the long distance cross-country ski race Vasaloppet on seven occasions between 1962 and 1969, missing victory in 1967 when he finished second behind Assar Rönnlund. He was a forester by profession.[1][2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
- 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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| 1960 | 24 | 7 | — | — | 4 |
| 1964 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Gold |
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 22 | — | 11 | — | — |
| 1962 | 26 | 6 | Silver | 6 | — |
References
- ^ a b Janne Stefansson Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Janne Stefansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "STEFANSSON Janne". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
External links
- Janne Stefansson at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Sports Illustrated profile
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- 1936:
Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) - 1948:
Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE) - 1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
- 1956:
Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS) - 1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1968:
Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) - 1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
- 1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
- 1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
- 1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
- 1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1994:
Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA) - 1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2006:
Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA) - 2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
- 2022:
Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustiugov (ROC)
