Benny Kohlberg (born 17 April 1954 in

Arvika Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 14,244 inhabitants in 2010. Geography The town of Arvika is situated at Kyrkviken, a bay of Glafsfjorden, Sweden's only inland fjord, a remnant of the time ...

Värmland Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are ''Va ...

) is a retired

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who competed during the 1980s. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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. Kohlberg's best individual finish was third at a World Cup competition in 1982 in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 podium

Team podiums

* 1 victory * 2 podiums Note: Until the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlberg, Benny 1954 births Living people People from Arvika Municipality Cross-country skiers from Värmland County Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Swedish male cross-country skiers Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics