Nils Ove König (25 June 1950 – 23 July 2020) was a Swedish

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. He won a silver medal at the 1971 World Sprint Championships and finished seventh in the 500 m event at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside ...

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* * 1950 births 2020 deaths Swedish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Sweden Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Askersund Municipality World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Örebro County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-speed-skating-bio-stub