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Jan Ottosson

1960 - Today

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Jan Ottosson (born 10 March 1960 in Högsäter, Dalsland) is a former Swedish cross-country skier. A national team skier, he also represented Åsarna IK during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won two gold medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1984 and 1988), providing some of the most iconic and impressive legs of Swedish Olympic history. Additionally, he finished sixth in the 50 km event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991 Nordic skiing World Championships, won eight individual Swedish championships, and won ten Swedish championship gold medals in the relays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Jan Ottosson is the 307th most popular skier (up from 382nd in 2024), the 1,324th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,404th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swedish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jan Ottosson ranks 307 out of 817. Before him are Tamara McKinney, Jean-Luc Crétier, Kjetil Jansrud, Robert Kranjec, Piotr Fijas, and Bice Vanzetta. After him are Heidi Weng, Silvio Fauner, Isolde Kostner, Alexis Pinturault, Andreas Widhölzl, and Tommy Ingebrigtsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jan Ottosson ranks 793. Before him are Ni Yulan, Karl Erjavec, Michael Marx, David Mabuza, Henry Stöhr, and Chingiz Mustafayev. After him are Petre Becheru, Hocine Yahi, Wim Koevermans, Marcia Barbosa, Scott Frank, and Douglas H. Wheelock.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Ottosson ranks 1,324 out of 1,879. Before him are Jari Sillanpää (1965), Melinda Kinnaman (1971), Mikael Nilsson (1978), Daniel Alfredsson (1972), Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (2012), and Stefan Rehn (1966). After him are Ebba Busch Thor (1987), Darin Zanyar (1987), Magnus Erlingmark (1968), Viktoria Tolstoy (1974), Martin Wallström (1983), and Jan Apell (1969).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Jan Ottosson ranks 20. Before him are Pernilla Wiberg (1970), Barbro Martinsson (1935), Assar Rönnlund (1935), Jan Halvarsson (1942), Torgny Mogren (1963), and Benny Kohlberg (1954). After him are André Myhrer (1983), Sara Hector (1992), Lars-Börje Eriksson (1966), Anna Ottosson (1976), Frida Hansdotter (1985), and Charlotte Kalla (1987).

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