Lars-Göran Arwidson (born 4 April 1946) is a Swedish biathlete who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. 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 ...

in Grenoble, he won a bronze medal in the 4×7.5 km relay, and finished 17th in the 20 km individual race. 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 ...

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

, he won a bronze medal in the 20 km, and finished 5th in the relay. He is the father of the Olympic biathlete Tobias Arwidson.

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1946 births Living people People from Malung-Sälen Municipality Swedish male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Sweden Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-biathlon-bio-stub