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Assar Rönnlund

1935 - 2011

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Bernt Assar Rönnlund (3 September 1935 – 5 January 2011) was a Swedish cross-country skier. Rönnlund's biggest success was at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane where he won two gold medals (15 km and 4 × 10 km) and a silver (50 km). As a result, he earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal that year for his championship successes. Rönnlund was the anchorman of the Swedish 4 × 10 km relay team at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, bringing the team from fourth place to victory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Assar Rönnlund is the 134th most popular skier (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 991st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Assar Rönnlund ranks 134 out of 817. Before him are Josef Stiegler, Barbro Martinsson, Ernst Hinterseer, Lucile Wheeler, Nikolay Anikin, and Lasse Kjus. After him are Jure Franko, Georg Thoma, Niilo Halonen, Tora Berger, Toni Nieminen, and Erika Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Assar Rönnlund ranks 446. Before him are Paul A. Rothchild, Bahaa Taher, Leonel Mário d'Alva, Jorge Griffa, María Galiana, and Héctor Hernández. After him are Patricia Bredin, José Antonio Labordeta, Antal Kiss, Peter Schickele, Alfredo Torres, and Tibor Pézsa. Among people deceased in 2011, Assar Rönnlund ranks 379. Before him are Juliano Mer-Khamis, Zyzz, Liviu Ciulei, Kuno Klötzer, Roberto Lippi, and Marianna Nagy. After him are Irena Kwiatkowska, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Joe Morello, Yozhef Betsa, Bob Brookmeyer, and Park Wan-suh.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Assar Rönnlund ranks 1,002 out of 1,879. Before him are Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746), Johnny Ekström (1965), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Hans Jacobson (1947), Ruth Svedberg (1903), and Daniel Norling (1888). After him are Olle Håkansson (1927), Gösta Sandberg (1932), Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), Erik Elmsäter (1919), Johan Elmander (1981), and Gösta Runö (1896).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Assar Rönnlund ranks 16. Before him are Nils Östensson (1918), Sven Utterström (1901), Gunde Svan (1962), Jan Boklöv (1966), Pernilla Wiberg (1970), and Barbro Martinsson (1935). After him are Jan Halvarsson (1942), Torgny Mogren (1963), Benny Kohlberg (1954), Jan Ottosson (1960), André Myhrer (1983), and Sara Hector (1992).

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