Henrik Forsberg
Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henrik Forsberg (born 16 February 1967) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1988 to 2001. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finishes at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville in cross-country skiing with a fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay and ninth in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit.
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Hans Henrik Forsberg | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 57) Borlänge, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | |||||||||||||||
Ski club | Bergeforsen SK | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 12 – (1988–1999) | ||||||||||||||
Starts | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 1991) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 3 April 2019. |
Forsberg's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 50 km event at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995. His lone World Cup victory was in a 30 km event in Sweden in 1991.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Forsberg finished 14th in the 4 × 7.5 km relay and 47th in the 20 km individual events. His best finishes at the Biathlon World Championships was 12th in the 4 × 7.5 km relay at Lahti in 2000 and his best individual finish of 24th in the 20 km individual event at Pokljuka in 2001. Forsberg's best individual finish was second in a 10 km sprint event in Slovakia during the 2001–02 season.
Forsberg's wife, Magdalena, competed from 1988 to 1996 in cross-country skiing, and 1993 to 2002 in biathlon. They married in mid-1996.[1]