Lars-Börje "Bulan" Eriksson (born 21 October 1966) is a
Swedish
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former
alpine skier
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. He surprisingly won a bronze medal in the
super-G competition at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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in
Calgary
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.
Later he also won two World Cup victories, one in super-G and one in giant slalom. He finished his skiing career in 1992, after having struggled with an injury from a bone fracture during downhill training in the
1991 World Championships.
World Cup victories
References
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1966 births
Swedish male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers of Sweden
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
People from Ã…re Municipality
Living people
Sportspeople from Jämtland County