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Sture Grahn

Grahn in the 1950s
Personal information
Born	(1932-05-24)24 May 1932 Lycksele, Sweden
Died	14 August 2024(2024-08-14) (aged 92)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cross-country skiing
Club	Lycksele IF
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Sweden World Championships 1958 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay 1962 Zakopane 4 × 10 km relay

Bror Sture Ragnvald Grahn (24 May 1932 – 14 August 2024) was a Swedish cross-country skier. He finished tenth in the 50 km event at the 1956 Winter Olympics and won gold medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1958 and 1962 World Championships. His wife Barbro Martinsson also competed in cross-country skiing at the 1956 Olympics. Grahn died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 92.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

• 2 medals – (2 gold)

References

1. Skilanglauf – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren). sport-komplett.de
2. Sture Grahn. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. Sture Grahn. sports-reference.com
4. "En världsmästare har lämnat oss". Folkbladet. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

External links

• Sture Grahn at Olympedia
• Sture Grahn at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

• 1932 births
• 2024 deaths
• Swedish male cross-country skiers
• Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
• People from Lycksele Municipality
• 20th-century Swedish sportsmen