Sebastian Samuelsson (born 28 March 1997) is a Swedish

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who competes internationally. He participated in the

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. There he won a silver medal in the 12.5 km pursuit event as well as the gold medal in the

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. He became a World champion at 2023 Oberhof when he won gold medal in 15 km Mass start race. Samuelsson has been outspoken on his views on the presence of doping in the sport, and has especially been critical of Russia and its anti-doping agency RUSADA.

Summer biathlon

In August 2019, he became Swedish champion at the 10 kilometres sprint distance and the 20 kilometres distance during the Swedish national

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championships in

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)''

World Championships

''9 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

Overall standings

Individual podiums

* 3 victories – (2 Sp, 1 Pu) * 13 podiums

Team podiums

*6 victories *13 podiums

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsson, Sebastian 1997 births Living people Swedish male biathletes Olympic biathletes of Sweden Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Katrineholm Municipality Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Södermanland County 21st-century Swedish people