Sven Coomer Explained

Sven Coomer
Birth Date:12 October 1940
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Sport:Modern pentathlon
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Sven Coomer (born 12 October 1940) is an Australian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Coomer went on to study product design in Sweden, where he learned to ski and ski-race. He later worked as a ski racing coach, ski instructor and ski school director in the United States. That career led to a job designing ski boots for the Italian firm Nordica, and his designs were widely imitated by other factories.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sven Coomer Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100930/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sven-coomer-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2012-07-20 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Jackson Hogen, "Sven Coomer: Master Boot Laster", "Skiing History" magazine, May/June 2014