Birth Date: | 7 April 1907 |
Birth Place: | Överluleå, Sweden |
Death Date: | 23 June 1995 (aged 88) |
Death Place: | Tierp, Sweden |
Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
Club: | Bodens BK |
Show-Medals: | no |
Nils-Joel Englund (7 April 1907 - 22 June 1995)[1] 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 × 10 km relay and 18 km: 1933, 50 km: 1935), one silver (50 km: 1934), and two bronzes (4 × 10 km relay: 1934, 1935). After retiring from competitions he coached the Swiss national skiing team for two years. Then he worked at the Sundin ski factory and ran a sports store in Hudiksvall.
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Gold | — | Gold | |
26 | — | Silver | Bronze | |
27 | — | Gold | Bronze | |
30 | — | 12 | — | |