Kjell Hilding "Tjalle" Bäckman (21 February 1934 – 9 January 2019) was 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. ...

. He competed at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

in the 5000 m and 10000 m events and won a bronze medal in the 10000 m; all three medalists of that event broke the previous world record. Nationally he won four long-distance titles: in the 5000 m (1959, 1961) and 10000 m (1959, 1960).

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1934 births 2019 deaths Swedish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Sweden Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Sportspeople from Gothenburg Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub