John Westbergh
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Representing Sweden | ||
Men's cross-country skiing | ||
World Championships | ||
1939 Zakopane | 4 × 10 km relay | |
Men's Nordic combined | ||
World Championships | ||
1938 Lahti | Individual |
John Westbergh (6 August 1915 – 12 November 2002) was a Swedish nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. In the military patrol event at the 1936 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal with his Swedish team.[1] He won two silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, in 1938 (nordic combined) and in 1939 (cross-country skiing 4 × 10 km relay).
Westbergh also won the 18 km event at the 1938 Holmenkollen ski festival.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 silver)
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1938 | 22 | 28 | — | — |
1939 | 23 | — | — | Silver |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- John Westbergh at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- World Championship results (in German)
Categories:
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Swedish male cross-country skiers
- Swedish male Nordic combined skiers
- 1915 births
- 2002 deaths
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
- People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality
- Swedish military patrol (sport) runners
- Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Winter Olympics competitors for Sweden
- Swedish cross-country skiing biography stubs