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| Born | 17 January 1920 Dala-Järna, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 1989 (aged 69) Dala-Järna, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Nordic combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Dala-Järna IK | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sven Israelsson (17 January 1920 – 9 October 1989) was a Swedish nordic combined skier who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Earlier in 1947 he became the first foreigner to win the nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.[1][2]