Elis Wiklund (12 December 1909 – 15 March 1982) was a
Swedish cross-country skier who won the 50 km race at the
1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...
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Wiklund won two individual Swedish titles: in the 30 km in 1938 and in the 50 km in 1941. He was an accomplished accordion player, and produced records in 1936. In 1946 he briefly worked as a skiing coach in Switzerland, and after returning opened a sports shop in ]Sollefteå
Sollefteå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010.
The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. Duri ...
. Later he became an owner of a ski wax factory. His life was featured in the novel ''Hjältedrömmen'' (''A Hero’s Dream'') by Karl-Erik Johansson.[
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Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
References
External links
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1909 births
1982 deaths
People from Kramfors Municipality
Cross-country skiers from Västernorrland County
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden