- Nils-Joel Englund
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Medal record Men's cross country skiing Olympic Games Bronze 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 50 km World Championships Gold 1933 Innsbruck 18 km Gold 1933 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km Gold 1935 Vysoké Tatry 50 km Silver 1934 Sollefteå 50 km Bronze 1934 Sollefteå 4 x 10 km Bronze 1935 Vysoké Tatry 4 x 10 km Nils-Joel Englund (April 7, 1907, Överluleå, Norrbotten – June 23, 1995) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a bronze medal in 50 km at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Englund also won six medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships, earning three golds (4 x 10 km and 18 km: 1933, 50 km: 1935), one silver (50 km: 1934), and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1934, 1935).
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18 km 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) * 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) * 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) * 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) * 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) * 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) * 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) * 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) * 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) * 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN) * 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)15 km 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) * 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) * 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) * 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) * 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) * 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) * 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) * 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) * 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) * 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) * 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) * 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) * 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN)1925: František Donth (TCH) • 1926: Matti Raivio (FIN) • 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) • 1929: Anselm Knuuttila (FIN) • 1930: Sven Utterström (SWE) • 1931: Ole Stenen (NOR) • 1933: Veli Saarinen (FIN) • 1934: Elis Wiklund (SWE) • 1935: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) • 1937: Pekka Niemi (FIN) • 1938: Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) • 1939: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) • 1950: Gunnar Eriksson (SWE) • 1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS) • 1958: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) • 1962: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) • 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) • 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN) • 1974: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR) • 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) • 1982: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) • 1985: Gunde Svan (SWE) • 1987: Maurilio De Zolt (ITA) • 1989: Gunde Svan (SWE) • 1991: Torgny Mogren (SWE) • 1993: Torgny Mogren (SWE) • 1995: Silvio Fauner (ITA) • 1997: Mika Myllylä (FIN) • 1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN) • 2001: Johann Mühlegg (ESP) • 2003: Martin Koukal (CZE) • 2005: Frode Estil (NOR) • 2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) • 2009: Petter Northug (NOR) • 2011: Petter Northug (NOR)
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Boden Municipality
- Cross-country skiers from Norrbotten
- Swedish cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Swedish cross-country skiing biography stubs
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