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Swedish biathlete
Adolf Wiklund
Adolf Wiklund
Born 19 December 1921Bodum , Sweden Died 21 September 1970 (aged 48)Frösön , Sweden Sport Biathlon Club F4 IF, Östersund
Adolf Jakob Wiklund (19 December 1921 – 21 September 1970) was a Swedish biathlon competitor who won two world titles in 1958, individual (20 km) and with a team. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and finished 19th.[1] [2]
He was elected into the Swedish Biathlon Hall of Fame in September 2013.[3]
References
4 × 20 km (time) 3 × 20 km (time)
1959: (Vladimir Melanin , Dmitri Sokolov , Valentin Pzhenitsyn )
1961: (Kalevi Huuskonen , Paavo Repo , Antti Tyrväinen )
1962: (Vladimir Melanin , Valentin Pzhenitsyn , Nikolay Puzanov )
1963: (Vladimir Melanin , Nikolay Mezharyakov , Valentin Pzhenitsyn )
1965: (Olav Jordet , Ola Wærhaug , Ivar Nordkild )
4 × 20 km
1989: (Juri Kashkarov , Sergei Bulygin , Alexandr Popov , Sergei Tchepikov )
1990: (Raik Dittrich , Mark Kirchner , Birk Anders , Frank Luck )
1991: (Hubert Leitgeb , Gottlieb Taschler , Simon Demetz , Wilfried Pallhuber )
1992: (Evgeny Redkin , Alexander Tropnikov , Anatoly Zhdanovich , Alexandr Popov )
1993: (Fritz Fischer , Frank Luck , Steffen Hoos , Sven Fischer )
4 × 10 km
1994: (Pieralberto Carrara , Hubert Leitgeb , Andreas Zingerle , Wilfried Pallhuber )
1995: (Frode Andresen , Dag Bjørndalen , Halvard Hanevold , Jon Åge Tyldum )
1996: (Oleg Ryzhenkov , Petr Ivashko , Alexandr Popov , Vadim Sashurin )
1997: (Oleg Ryzhenkov , Petr Ivashko , Alexandr Popov , Vadim Sashurin )
1998: (Egil Gjelland , Halvard Hanevold , Sylfest Glimsdal , Ole Einar Bjørndalen )