Benny Kohlberg (born 17 April 1954) is a retired Swedish cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Benny Kohlberg | |||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Tord Benny Kolberg | ||||||||||||||
Born | Arvika, Sweden | 17 April 1954||||||||||||||
Ski club | Arvika IS | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 3 – (1982, 1984, 1987) | ||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Indiv. wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Team starts | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Team wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (16th in 1982) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kohlberg's best individual finish was third at a World Cup competition in 1982 in Switzerland.
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
edit- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1980 | 25 | 17 | 13 | — | 5 |
1984 | 29 | 19 | — | — | Gold |
World Championships
editYear | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1982 | 27 | — | — | — | 5 |
World Cup
editSeason standings
editSeason | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 27 | 16 |
1984 | 29 | 44 |
1987 | 32 | 33 |
Individual podiums
edit- 1 podium
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1981–82 | 16 January 1982 | Le Brassus, Switzerland | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 3rd |
Team podiums
edit- 1 victory
- 2 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1983–84 | 16 February 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 4 × 10 km Relay | Olympic Games[1] | 1st | Wassberg / Ottosson / Svan |
2 | 1987–88 | 17 March 1988 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Eriksson / Forsberg / Håland |
Note: 1 Until the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
edit- ^ "KOHLBERG Benny". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2020.