Patrik Järbyn
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Patrik Järbyn (born 16 April 1969 in Målsryd, Sweden) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer.
Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super-G. In 2007 at Åre, Sweden, he won the bronze medal in the downhill to become the oldest medalist ever at a World Championships.
On 19 December 2008, Järbyn finished third in a super-G at Val Gardena, Italy, and set a new record as the oldest man to score a podium finish in a World Cup alpine race, at the age of 39 years and 9 months. Järbyn broke his own record, set with a third-place finish in the super-G at Lake Louise in November 2006 at the age of 37 years and 8 months.[1]
On 19 February 2010, in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Järbyn suffered a concussion after crashing up in Whistler in the men's super-G and was air-lifted to a hospital by helicopter.[2] On 7 March 2012, Järbyn officially announced his retirement. His last race was in Kvitfjell on 4 March 2012.[3]
References
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- ^ "Patrick Jaerbyn, 40, Crashes Badly in Men's super-G". The New York Times. 19 February 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) [dead link] - ^ Järbyn retires – Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio) (Swedish).
External links
- Official website Template:Sv icon Template:En icon
- Ski-db.com – results
- Patrik Järbyn at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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- 1969 births
- Swedish male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Sweden
- People from Borås Municipality
- Living people
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