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Place of Birth: Arjeplog, Norrbotten County, Sweden
About Klas Lestander
- Klas Ivar Vilhelm Lestander (born 18 April 1931) is a Swedish former biathlete who won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.Lestander started as a cross-country skier, but he was also an experienced hunter, and thus ended up with biathlon.
- At the 1960 Olympics he placed 15th out of 30 in skiing, but became the first international competitor to ever hit all 20 targets, and hence won the gold medal.
- His rival Aleksandr Privalov needed to clear three targets out of five at the last post to win the event, but managed only two, and ended up with a bronze medal.
- Meanwhile, the fastest skier Victor Arbez hit only 2 targets out of 20, and placed 25th overall.Next year Lestander finished ninth individually at the World Championships in Umeå and third with the Swedish team.
- He retired the same year, never winning a Swedish Championship.Lestander lived all his life in Arjeplog, where a square is named after him.
- He is a cousin of the forest worker and Left Party Member of Parliament Paul Lestander.
- His son, Dan Lestander, was an artist and won the snow sculpture contest at the Olympic Arts Festival in Albertville, France, in 1992.
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