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Thomas Wassberg

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Lars Thomas 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 Jernberg and Oddvar Brå. He has described his mental strength and physical fitness as his greatest abilities as a skier, with his main weakness being a lack of sprinting ability. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Wassberg is the 49th most popular skier (up from 88th in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 838th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Thomas Wassberg ranks 49 out of 817. Before him are Alevtina Kolchina, Galina Kulakova, Vreni Schneider, Egon Zimmermann, Henri Oreiller, and Renée Colliard. After him are Tina Maze, Christl Haas, Rosi Mittermaier, Erika Mahringer, Othmar Schneider, and Raisa Smetanina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Thomas Wassberg ranks 250. Before him are Vladislav Listyev, Justin Welby, Pierre-Louis Lions, Yiannis Kouros, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Mark St. John. After him are Takeshi Okada, Al Corley, John Wells, Ri Yong-ho, Mima Jaušovec, and Avi Wigderson.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Thomas Wassberg ranks 626 out of 1,879. Before him are Olle Anderberg (1919), Bengt Ekerot (1920), David Lagercrantz (1962), Sven Thofelt (1904), Eivar Widlund (1905), and Gert Fredriksson (1919). After him are Sigvard Ericsson (1930), Ernst Josephson (1851), Sara Lidman (1923), Sven Axbom (1926), John Mikaelsson (1913), and Gunnar Olsson (1908).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Thomas Wassberg ranks 5. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Sonja Edström (1930), and Gunnar Eriksson (1921). After him are Anja Pärson (1981), Elis Wiklund (1909), Nils Karlsson (1917), Stig Sollander (1926), Nils Östensson (1918), Sven Utterström (1901), and Gunde Svan (1962).

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