Sixten Jernberg

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Born	February 6, 1929 • Sweden • Sweden
Died	July 14, 2012 (aged 83) • Sweden
Awards And Honors	Winter Olympic Games

Veikko Hakulinen

Finnish skier

Eero Mäntyranta

Finnish skier

Vegard Ulvang

Norwegian athlete

Bjørn Daehlie

Norwegian skier

Nikolay Zimyatov

Soviet skier

Yelena Vyalbe

Russian skier

Bente Skari

Norwegian skier

Manuela Di Centa

Italian skier

Raisa Smetanina

Russian skier

Galina Kulakova

Russian skier

Toini Gustafsson

Swedish skier

Marit Bjørgen

Norwegian skier

Lyubov Yegorova

Russian skier

Thorleif Haug

Norwegian skier

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete

Simon Ammann

Swiss ski jumper

Matti Nykänen

Finnish ski jumper

Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen

Finnish skier

Ulrich Wehling

German skier

Anton Sailer

Austrian skier

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