Tomas Olsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tomas Olsson

Swedish adventurer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1976

Place of Birth: Kristinehamn, Värmland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 16-May-2006

Profession: alpine skier, mountaineer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Tomas Kenneth Olsson (March 18, 1976 – May 16, 2006) was a Swedish adventurer and extreme skier.
He was born in Kristinehamn but grew up in Borås.
He took an engineering degree at Linköping University in 2001, after which he moved to Chamonix in France to focus on skiing.
He specialized in skiing down some of the world's highest and steepest mountains.
He had gone from the top of Aconcagua in Argentina (6960 m), Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan (7134 m), Muztagh Ata (7546 m) and Kuksay Peak (7134 m) in China and Cho Oyu in Tibet (8201 m).