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| Full name | Edy Sixten Jernberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1929-02-06)6 February 1929 Lima, Dalarna, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 2012(2012-07-14) (aged 83) Mora, Dalarna, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Lima IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edy Sixten Jernberg (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time.[1][2] Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within the podium in 263 and winning 134 of them; during this period he won four world titles and nine Olympic medals. In 12 starts over three consecutive Winter Games he never finished worse than fifth place, and between 1955 and 1960, he won 86 out of 161 competitions.[3][4]
Jernberg was a blacksmith and a lumberjack before beginning his career as a cross-country skier.[3] He specialized in the longer distances, with four of his eight gold medals coming over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in 4×10 km. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960.[5] He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1954.
At one competition, Jernberg had a fever and coughed up blood, but still finished the 50 km event.[6]Gunde Svan said: "It was almost like [Sixten] didn't like his own body and tried to punish it in different ways."[7]
For his cross-country skiing successes, Jernberg was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1960 (shared with Helmut Recknagel, Sverre Stensheim and Tormod Knutsen). He was also awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1956 (shared with pentathlete Lars Hall).[4][5]
Jernberg retired after the Olympic Winter Games of 1964. In 1965, the International Olympic Committee awarded Jernberg the Mohammed Taher Trophy for his contributions to Nordic skiing.[3] He died of cancer at the age of 83. He was survived by son Edy.[8] His nephew Ingemar became an Olympic pole vaulter.[3]
Contents
1 Results in major competitions
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Results in major competitions[edit]
| Competition | Year | Distance | Place |
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Winter Olympics | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 15 km |  |
30 km | | ||
50 km |  | ||
4×10 km |  | ||
1960 Squaw Valley | 15 km | | |
30 km | | ||
50 km | 5 | ||
4×10 km | 4 | ||
1964 Innsbruck | 15 km | | |
30 km | 5 | ||
50 km | | ||
4×10 km | | ||
World Championships | 1954 Falun | 30 km | 4 |
| 4×10 km | | ||
1958 Lahti | 15 km | 4 | |
| 30 km | | ||
| 50 km | | ||
| 4×10 km | | ||
1962 Zakopane | 30 km | 10 | |
| 50 km | | ||
| 4×10 km | |
See also[edit]
- List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
References[edit]
^ Sixten Jernberg. Encyclopædia Britannica
^ "Champion skier Sixten Jernberg dies". Radio Sweden. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ abcd "Sixten Jernberg". sports-reference.com.
^ ab Sixten Jernberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
^ ab "Sixten Jernberg, Swedish XC Star, Dead At 83". SkiRacing. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
^ ”Feber och hostade blod, jag körde fem mil ändå” | Sixten Jernberg om uppväxten, skidåkningen och sin starka vilja. Aftonbladet.se (22 November 2010). Retrieved on 2016-01-26.
^ Från Sixten till Kalla (From Sixten to Kalla), a documentary film about Swedish ski history during the last 100 years by Jens Lind, Sveriges Television, 2008.
^ Sixten Jernberg, Cross-Country Skiing Champion, Dies at 83. AP via New York Times (16 July 2012)
External links[edit]
Media related to Sixten Jernberg at Wikimedia Commons
Sixten Jernberg on IMDb
Sixten Jernberg at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Himself | Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 25 February 1988 – 17 February 1992 With: Raisa Smetanina | Succeeded by Raisa Smetanina |
| Preceded by Himself with  Clas Thunbergand  Ivar Ballangrud | Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 5 February 1964 – 25 February 1988 | Succeeded by Himself with Raisa Smetanina |
| Preceded by Clas Thunberg and Ivar Ballangrud | Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics 2 February 1964 – 5 February 1964 With: Clas Thunberg Ivar Ballangrud | Succeeded by Himself |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Sigvard Ericsson | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Lars Hall 1956 | Succeeded by Dan Waern |
Olympic champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing | |
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Veikko Hakulinen 
Sixten Jernberg 
Franco Nones 
Vyacheslav Vedenin 
Nikolay Zimyatov 
Vegard Ulvang 
Christian Hoffmann Olympic champions in men's 50 km cross-country | |
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Vladimir Smirnov 
Mikhail Ivanov 
Giorgio Di Centa Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay | |
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2012 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Sweden
- People from Malung-Sälen Municipality
- Cross-country skiers from Dalarna County
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden
- Swedish male cross-country skiers
- Vasaloppet winners
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Lima IF skiers
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