Swedish Ski Jumpers - Sven Selanger, Jan Boklov, Staffan Tallberg, Per-Inge Tallbesven Selanger, Jan Boklov, Staffan Tallberg, Per-Inge Tallberg, Axel-Herman Nilsson, Andreas Aren, Bror Ostman RG, Axel-Herman Nilsson, Andreas Aren, Bror Ostman (Paperback)

Chapters: Sven Selanger, Jan Boklov, Staffan Tallberg, Per-Inge Tallberg, Axel-Herman Nilsson, Andreas Aren, Bror Ostman, Kjell Sjoberg, Kurt Elima, Thure Lindgren, Karl Holmstrom, Tore Edman, Bertil Carlsson, Johan Eriksson, Isak Grimholm, Sven Pettersson, Anders Daun, Hans Nordin, Johan Erikson, Carl Nordin, Kristofer Jaafs, Fredrik Balkasen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sven Selanger (a.k.a. Sven "Selanger" Eriksson) (March 19, 1907 November 9, 1992) was a Swedish Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a ski jumping silver at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also competed in nordic combined at the Winter Olympics in 1928, finishing 6th, and in 1932, finishing 5th. In 1932 he finished 4th in ski jumping. In addition, he won ski jumping bronze medals at the 1931, 1933, and 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and a gold medal in the 1933 nordic combined event. Selanger won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1939, the first non-Norwegian to win the event. In 1939, Selanger became the first non-Norwegian to win the Holmenkollen medal, sharing the award with Norwegians Lars Bergendahl and Trygve Brodahl. He also won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1939 as well. Selanger competed as Sven Eriksson until the 1936 Winter Olympics, then changed his surname to Selanger after his hometown because there were so many Swedes with the surname of Eriksson. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=562380