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Sven-Åke Lundbäck

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Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 26 January 1948) is a former Swedish 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. 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, and the 90 km Vasaloppet in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sven-Åke Lundbäck is the 1,877th most popular athlete (up from 1,914th in 2019), the 1,079th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,144th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sven-Åke Lundbäck ranks 1,877 out of 6,025. Before him are Václav Havel, Uwe Hohn, Claudia Testoni, Aldo Montano, Sabine Busch, and Kalevi Hämäläinen. After him are James Corson, George Gulack, Naftali Bon, Imrich Bugár, Andrey Abduvaliyev, and Chris Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Sven-Åke Lundbäck ranks 632. Before him are Persis Khambatta, Jeremy Spencer, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Claude Vivier, Adolfas Šleževičius, and Lisbeth Korsmo. After him are Gustavo de Simone, Kiyomi Kato, Carlos Ruiz, Roelof Wunderink, Lynsey de Paul, and Richard Masur.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sven-Åke Lundbäck ranks 1,079 out of 1,879. Before him are John Ajvide Lindqvist (1968), Magnus Uggla (1954), Mikael Pernfors (1963), Annalisa Ericson (1913), Yvonne Ryding (1962), and Ronald Pettersson (1935). After him are Tomas Pettersson (1947), Georg de Laval (1883), Eva Ström (1947), Cecilia Malmström (1968), Jan Halvarsson (1942), and Erik Lindahl (1891).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Sven-Åke Lundbäck ranks 105. Before him are Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Nils Hellsten (1885), Folke Alnevik (1919), Otto Nilsson (1879), Eric Carlberg (1880), and Gunnar Åkerlund (1923). After him are Georg de Laval (1883), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Erik Svensson (1903), Stig Sjölin (1928), Olle Larsson (1928), and Stefan Holm (1976).

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