Nils Ove König (25 June 1950 – 23 July 2020) was a Swedish

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 won a silver medal at the 1971 World Sprint Championships and finished seventh in the

500 m The 500 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. All-time top 25 *i = indoor performance *OT = oversized track (exceeding 200m in circumference) *A = affected by altitude *h = hand timing Men *Co ...

event 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 ...

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* * 1950 births 2020 deaths Swedish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Sweden Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Askersund Municipality World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Örebro County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-speed-skating-bio-stub