Hans Johnny Höglin (born 26 February 1943) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

whose greatest moment was to win a gold medal in the 10000-meter event at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

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.Johnny Höglin
Swedish Olympic Committee Höglin was a surprise winner, having never placed higher than 10th in the European or World Championships, and having finished fifth in the 1500 and 5000-meter races at the 1968 Olympics. He nevertheless edged favorite

Fred Anton Maier Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances. __NOTOC__ Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000&nb ...

by 0.3 seconds to win the 10000 meters. 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 ...

, Höglin finished 9th in the 1500 meters and 12th in the 5000 meters. Höglin's younger brother Urban, along with Urban's fiancée Heidi Paakkonen, was murdered while touring

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in 1989.

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Profile at SkateResults.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoglin, Johnny 1943 births Swedish male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Sweden Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Sweden People from Filipstad Municipality Living people Sportspeople from Värmland County 20th-century Swedish people