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Also known as Edy Sixten Jernberg

Swedish cross-country skier

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1983-07-15

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Key facts

Full name
Edy Sixten Jernberg
Born
( 1929-02-06 ) 6 February 1929, Lima , Sweden
Died
14 July 2012 (2012-07-14) (aged 83), Mora , Sweden
Height
177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Country
Sweden
Sport
Skiing
Club
Lima IF

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Encyclopedic overview

Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten"(6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing on 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.

Jernberg was a blacksmith and a lumberjack before beginning his career as a cross-country skier. He specialized in the longer distances, with four of his eight gold medals coming over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in the 4 × 10 km relay. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960. He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1954.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sixten Jernberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.