Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten", (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a
Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time.
Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within the podium in 263 and winning 134 of them; during this period he won four world titles and nine Olympic medals. In 12 starts over three consecutive Winter Games he never finished worse than fifth place, and between 1955 and 1960, he won 86 out of 161 competitions.
[Sixten Jernberg]
Swedish Olympic Committee
Jernberg was a blacksmith and a lumberjack before beginning his career as a cross-country skier. He specialized in the longer distances, with four of his eight gold medals coming over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in the 4 × 10 km relay. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960. He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1954.
At one competition, Jernberg had a fever and coughed up blood, but still finished the 50 km event. Gunde Svan
Gunde Anders Svan (born 12 January 1962) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his cross-country skiing career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics. Svan won a total ...
said: "It was almost like ixtendidn't like his own body and tried to punish it in different ways."
For his cross-country skiing successes, Jernberg was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1960 (shared with Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
He earned a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ...
, Sverre Stensheim
Sverre Malvin Stensheim (31 October 1933 – 22 January 2022) was a Norwegian cross-country skier.
Career
He competed in the 30 km and 50 km events at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the 5 ...
and Tormod Knutsen
Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, an ...
). He was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal ( sv, Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury l ...
in 1956 (shared with pentathlete Lars Hall
Lars Göran Ivar Hall (30 April 1927 – 26 April 1991) was a Swedish modern pentathlete who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the individual event at both Games and finished second with the Swedish team in 1952. In 1952 he ...
).[
Jernberg retired after the Olympic Winter Games of 1964. In 1965, the ]International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swis ...
awarded Jernberg the Mohammed Taher Trophy for his contributions to Nordic skiing.[ He died of stroke at the age of 83.Sixten Jernberg, Cross-Country Skiing Champion, Dies at 83]
AP via New York Times (16 July 2012) His nephew Ingemar Ingemar is a given name. People with the name include:
*Ingemar Backman (born 1976), Swedish professional snowboarder
* Ingemar Burgström (1926–1951), Swedish flyweight boxer
* Olai Ingemar Eikeland (1915–2003), Norwegian politician for the Ce ...
became an Olympic pole vaulter.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 9 medals – (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
World Championships
* 6 medals – (4 gold, 2 bronze)
See also
*List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists
This page is a list of various individuals who are multiple Olympic medalists at the Winter Olympics.
List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists
This list shows only the athletes who have won ''at least eight medals'' at the Winter Olympics.
Mos ...
*List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events.
List of most Olympic gold medals over career
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalis ...
*List of multiple Olympic medalists
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
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Holmenkollen medalists
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
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1929 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Sweden
People from Malung-Sälen Municipality
Cross-country skiers from Dalarna County
Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen medalists
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Vasaloppet winners
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Lima IF skiers