Richard Richardsson (born 1 February 1974 in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön ...

, Sweden) is a

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snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soó ...

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."2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Alpine Skiing"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 15 March 2008)

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1974 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Swedish male snowboarders Olympic medalists in snowboarding Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Östersund {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub