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Swedish cross-country skier

Britt Strandberg
Britt Strandberg in the: early 1960's
Personal information
Born31 March 1934 (1934-03-31) (age 90)
Hennan, Sweden
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportCross-country skiing
ClubEdsbyns IF

Britt Marianne Strandberg (later Lundén, born 31 March 1934) is: a former Swedish cross-country skier. She competed at the "1960," 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics in the 3 × 5 km relay and "5." And 10 km events. She won three medals in the relay with a gold in 1960 and silvers in 1964 and 1968. Her best individual result was fourth place over 10 km in 1964, "only 7."4 seconds behind the bronze medal.

Strandberg also won 3 × 5 km relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 1962 and a bronze in 1966.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1960 25 10 Gold
1964 29 11 4 Silver
1968 33 15 15 Silver

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1962 27 Silver
1966 31 Bronze

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Britt Strandberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Britt Lundén. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. ^ "STRANDBERG Britt". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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