Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 26 January 1948) is a former
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cross-country skier. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the 15 km, 30 km and 4 × 10 km events and won a gold medal over 15 km in 1972. He was close to a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1972, but fell near the finish; he had another fourth place in the relay in 1980.
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Lundbäck won the 50 km and 4 × 10 km events at the 1978 World Championships, the 50 km race at the 1976 ]Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
It takes place in March ...
, and the 90 km Vasaloppet
( Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in t ...
in 1981.oxygen
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consumption rate of 94.6 mL/kg/minute.[
Lundbäck took up competitive skiing in 1964, when his family moved from ]Töre
Töre (Kalix Language: ''te'or'') is a locality situated in Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,099 inhabitants as of 2010.
Its harbour is the northernmost of the Bothnian Bay (and thus, of the Baltic Sea) that is accessible to ...
to Luleå.[ After retiring from competitions he received a degree in physical education from the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm in 1984. After that he worked as a school teacher in Luleå until 2011, when his school was closed down. He is married to the Olympic cross-country skier ]Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck
Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck, born 26 March 1954 in Malmberget, Sweden is a Swedish former cross-country skier, competing for Malmbergets AIF at club level. She also represented Sweden during the 1976 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and in 1980
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; they have a daughter and a son, who also competed in cross-country skiing. Lundbäck did not receive the '' Svenska Dagbladet'' gold medal in 1978. In protest to this decision his teammate Thomas Wassberg
Thomas Lars Wassberg (born 27 March 1956) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Je ...
refused to accept his ''Svenska Dagbladet'' medal in 1980.[
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Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 gold)
World Championships
* 2 medals – (2 gold)
References
External links
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Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
* Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Cross-Country (Nordic) Skiing, Men: 15 Kilometers (Classical)". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 228.
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1948 births
Living people
People from Kalix Municipality
Cross-country skiers from Norrbotten County
Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Vasaloppet winners
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Bergnäsets AIK skiers
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden