Bengt-Erik Grahn (30 April 1941 – 21 November 2019) was a

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. He competed in alpine skiing disciplines at the

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and

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, with a best result was a 31st place in the downhill event in 1964. In the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1966 he finished 26th in the Giant slalom. In the Slalom he was on the way to win the gold medal; he was in the lead after the first run ahead

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in January 1965, won the slaloms in

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in December 1965 and December 1966, and was second in the Alpine Combined there as well in December 1966. Capturing 2nd place in the Slalom of Kitzbühel in January 1967, he got his first points in a World Cup race; subsequently he was twice 10th in World Cup Slalom races. Between 1961 and 1971 he became Swedish Champion seven times. He competed in the Slalom at the 1960 Winter Olympics but fell and did not finish. He was disqualified in the 1st run of the Slalom at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

. At the first run of

he finished 4th, but he did not finish the second run.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grahn, Bengt-Erik 1941 births 2019 deaths Swedish male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Sweden People from Vilhelmina Municipality Sportspeople from Västerbotten County