Erik Viktor "Orsa" Bohlin (1 June 1897 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He finished seventh in the individual road race and won a team bronze medal. During his cycling career Bohlin won four national titles and two Swedish six-day races (in 1924 and 1926). He retired in 1927 after finishing fourth at the road world championships. He later changed to motorcycling and, with the engineer Gösta Rödén, created a 250 cc motorcycle that set a new Swedish speed record.

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1897 births 1977 deaths Swedish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Sweden Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in cycling People from Orsa Municipality Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dalarna County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub