Gunnar Samuelsson (2 May 1927 – 4 November 2007) was a

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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 ...

. He competed at the

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and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay, finishing 11th and 15th in the individual 15 km and 30 km races. At the end of his career Samuelsson competed in

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

and won silver and bronze medal in the Swedish Championships and relay title in an international meet against

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Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

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Swedish Cross country skiing medalists 1924–2002
1927 births 2007 deaths People from Malung-Sälen Municipality Cross-country skiers from Dalarna County Swedish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics {{Sweden-XC-skiing-bio-stub