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Elis Wiklund

Wiklund at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1909-12-10)10 December 1909 Ullånger, Sweden
Died	15 March 1982(1982-03-15) (aged 72) Sollefteå, Sweden
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cross-country skiing
Club	Kramfors IF
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 50 km World Championships 1934 Sollefteå 50 km

Elis Wiklund (12 December 1909 – 15 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the 50 km race at the 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and 1936 Winter Olympics.

Wiklund won two individual Swedish titles: in the 30 km in 1938 and in the 50 km in 1941. He was an accomplished accordion player, and produced records in 1936. In 1946 he briefly worked as a skiing coach in Switzerland, and after returning opened a sports shop in Sollefteå. Later he became an owner of a ski wax factory. His life was featured in the novel Hjältedrömmen (A Hero’s Dream) by Karl-Erik Johansson.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 gold)

References

1. ^ Elis Wiklund Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. Elis Wiklund. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. "WIKLUND Elis". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

External links

• Elis Wiklund at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

• 1909 births
• 1982 deaths
• People from Kramfors Municipality
• Cross-country skiers from Västernorrland County
• Swedish male cross-country skiers
• Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
• Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
• Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
• 20th-century Swedish sportsmen