Carl-Erik Mauritz "Jätten" Eriksson (20 May 1930 – 31 July 2023) was a Swedish bobsledder who was the first person to compete in bobsleigh at six Olympic Games, from 1964 to 1984.
Biography
Born in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Eriksson was flag-bearer for
Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
. In the bobsled two-man sled, Eriksson came sixth (with
Jan Johansson) at the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
and ninth (with
Kenth Rönn) at the
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...
.
The only other bobsledder to compete at six Olympics is Italian
Gerda Weissensteiner
Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI (born 3 January 1969) is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olym ...
, although only two of her six appearances were in bobsleigh (the other four were luge).
Eriksson represented
BK Sankt Erik and
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
The club is named ...
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Carl-Erik Eriksson died in
Ekerö
Ekerö is a locality (urban area) and the seat of Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 11,524 inhabitants in 2017. It is also an alternative name of the island Ekerön, on which the Ekerö urban area is situated.
Sports
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on 31 July 2023, at the age of 93.
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See also
* List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 849 athletes (260 women and 589 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Beiji ...
References
External links
Carl-Erik Eriksson's profile at Sports Reference.com
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1930 births
2023 deaths
Sportspeople from Stockholm
Swedish male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Sweden
Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swedish people
Djurgårdens IF bobsledders