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Gunde Svan Gunde Svan in 2019
Full name Anders Gunde Svan Born (1962-01-12 ) 12 January 1962 (age 62) Dala-Järna , Sweden Ski club Dala-Järna IK Seasons 1982-1991 Podiums 46 Wins 30 Discipline titles 5 (1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1988/89) Updated on Years active 1994 –1995 Former teams Christer Bohlin Motorsport Starts 23 Wins 1 Podiums 11 Best finish 3rd in 1995 (Division 1)
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Gunde Svan (born 12 January 1962 in Dala-Järna , Dalarna County ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his cross-country skiing career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics . Svan won a total of seven golds (15 km - 1989; 30 km and 4 x 10 km - 1985, 1991; 50 km - 1985, 1989; and 4 x 10 km - 1987), three silvers (15 km, 50 km, 4 x 10 km (all 1991)), and one bronze (4 x 10 km - 1985) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . Svan also won the 15 km once (1983) and the 50 km twice (1986, 1990) at the Holmenkollen ski festival . In 1984, he earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal , and in 1985, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Anette Bøe and Per Bergerud ). He is currently active as a board member of the International Ski Federation .
Biography During his skiing career he became known for his dedication and attention to details. For instance he used a lighter alloy on the tips of his ski poles saving four grams. He won two golds (15 km and relay ), one bronze (30 km ) and one silver (50 km ) at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , he won two golds for 50 km and relay. He also won the World championship gold six times and won the World cup five times.
As a competitor in rallycross he got one gold medal in the Swedish Championship and a bronze medal in the FIA European Championship for Rallycross Drivers (1995: Division 1 – Group N category; with a Toyota Celica GT-Four ). One of the reasons for getting into another sport was that some people called him a natural skier while he himself maintained that it's just a matter of will and dedication, according to his famous tagline "nothing is impossible". He applied the same methods to his driving as his skiing and even built his own reaction-tester to practice the for rallycross eminently important starts. When his compatriot and teamboss, the late Christer Bohlin, was not able to fulfill his promise to upgrade his Toyota team for 1996 into the top ERC category (Division 2 by then), Svan quit and gave up rallycross.
After retiring from his athletic career he has worked as the host for some game shows such as the Swedish version of American Gladiators Fort Boyard Bingolotto En handelsresandes nöd , directed by Svenne Rubin and starring Claes Månsson , Björn Skifs and Gert Klötzke . He has also appeared in numerous commercials including a famous commercial where he impersonated fellow skier Thomas Wassberg .
Svan resigned from his position as Chief of Cross-Country for Sweden on the week of 4 May 2009 after he was involved in its reorganization.
Racing record Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results Division 1
Year
Entrant
Car
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Position
Points
1994
Christer Bohlin Motorsport
Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
AUT5
POR6
FRA3
IRE(8)
GBR5
SWE7
FIN2
BEL(7)
NED(7)
NOR(8)
GER3
5th
92
1995
Christer Bohlin Motorsport
Toyota Celica GT-Four
AUT3
POR(5)
FRA1
SWE2
GBR3
IRE(7)
BEL3
NED3
NOR(6)
FIN2
CZE2
GER(4)
3rd
131
References External links Gunde Svan at Wikimedia Commons
1936 : Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Matti Lähde , Kalle Jalkanen (FIN ) 1948 : Nils Östensson , Nils Täpp , Gunnar Eriksson , Martin Lundström (SWE ) 1952 : Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila , Urpo Korhonen , Tapio Mäkelä (FIN ) 1956 : Fyodor Terentyev , Pavel Kolchin , Nikolay Anikin , Vladimir Kuzin (URS ) 1960 : Toimi Alatalo , Eero Mäntyranta , Väinö Huhtala , Veikko Hakulinen (FIN ) 1964 : Karl-Åke Asph , Sixten Jernberg , Janne Stefansson , Assar Rönnlund (SWE ) 1968 : Odd Martinsen , Pål Tyldum , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter (NOR ) 1972 : Vladimir Voronkov , Yuri Skobov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS ) 1976 : Matti Pitkänen , Juha Mieto , Pertti Teurajärvi , Arto Koivisto (FIN ) 1980 : Vasily Rochev , Nikolay Bazhukov , Yevgeny Belyayev , Nikolay Zimyatov (URS ) 1984 : Thomas Wassberg , Benny Kohlberg , Jan Ottosson , Gunde Svan (SWE ) 1988 : Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren (SWE ) 1992 : Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Kristen Skjeldal , Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR ) 1994 : Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta , Silvio Fauner (ITA ) 1998 : Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2002 : Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Kristen Skjeldal , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2006 : Fulvio Valbusa , Giorgio Di Centa , Pietro Piller Cottrer , Cristian Zorzi (ITA ) 2010 : Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Anders Södergren , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2014 : Lars Nelson , Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2018 : Didrik Tønseth , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR ) 2022 : Aleksey Chervotkin , Alexander Bolshunov , Denis Spitsov , Sergey Ustiugov (ROC )
1933: Per-Erik Hedlund , Sven Utterström , Nils-Joel Englund , Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Martti Lappalainen , Veli Saarinen
1935: Mikko Husu , Klaes Karppinen , Väinö Liikkanen , Sulo Nurmela
1937: Annar Ryen , Oskar Fredriksen , Sigurd Røen , Lars Bergendahl
1938: Jussi Kurikkala , Martti Lauronen , Pauli Pitkänen , Klaes Karppinen
1939: Pauli Pitkänen , Olavi Alakulppi , Eino Olkinuora , Klaes Karppinen
1950: Nils Täpp , Karl-Erik Åström , Martin Lundström , Enar Josefsson
1954: August Kiuru , Tapio Mäkelä , Arvo Viitanen , Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sixten Jernberg , Lennart Larsson , Sture Grahn , Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Lars Olsson , Sture Grahn , Sixten Jernberg , Assar Rönnlund
1966: Odd Martinsen , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter , Gjermund Eggen
1970: Vladimir Voronkov , Valery Tarakanov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: Gerd Heßler , Dieter Meinel , Gerhard Grimmer , Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck , Christer Johansson , Tommy Limby , Thomas Magnuson
1982: Lars Erik Eriksen , Ove Aunli , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Oddvar Brå 0 and Vladimir Nikitin , Oleksandr Batyuk , Yuriy Burlakov , Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Arild Monsen , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Tor Håkon Holte , Ove Aunli
1987: Erik Östlund , Gunde Svan , Thomas Wassberg , Torgny Mogren
1989: Christer Majbäck , Gunde Svan , Lars Håland , Torgny Mogren
1991: Øyvind Skaanes , Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Sture Sivertsen , Vegard Ulvang , Terje Langli , Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Markus Gandler , Alois Stadlober , Mikhail Botvinov , Christian Hoffmann
2001: Frode Estil , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Thomas Alsgaard , Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Thomas Alsgaard
2005 : Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Frode Estil , Lars Berger , Tore Ruud Hofstad 2007 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Lars Berger , Petter Northug 2009 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Petter Northug 2011 : Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Eldar Rønning , Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Petter Northug 2013 : Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Eldar Rønning , Sjur Røthe , Petter Northug 2015 : Niklas Dyrhaug , Didrik Tønseth , Anders Gløersen , Petter Northug 2017 : Didrik Tønseth , Niklas Dyrhaug , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Finn Hågen Krogh 2019 : Emil Iversen , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Sjur Røthe , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2021 : Pål Golberg , Emil Iversen , Hans Christer Holund , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2023 : Hans Christer Holund , Pål Golberg , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Until 1900 1900–1950
1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR) 1951–2000
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) Since 2001
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2024: Jessie Diggins (USA), Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR)
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