Tore Eriksson (August 7, 1937 – February 17, 2017)
was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in

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. He received a bronze medal at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

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."1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) He participated on the bronze teams at the 1966 and at the 1967

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...

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1937 births 2017 deaths People from Malung-Sälen Municipality Swedish male biathletes Olympic biathletes of Sweden Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub