Jan Egon Staaf (born 11 January 1962 in

Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

) is a

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ex-

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He twice competed for his country at the

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: in 1988 and 1996. Staaf set his personal best (1:22.37) in the men's 20 km walk event in 1997. Jan Staaf is a detective inspector and works as an investigation leader in serious crimes. He led the investigation into the high-profile double murder in Linköping in 2004 , which was solved with the help of DNA genealogy . The investigation lasted 16 years and became Sweden's second largest criminal investigation after the Palme murder . When the case and investigation were depicted in the Netflix series ''Genombrottet'' (AKA ''

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'' (2025), the character John, who is based on Staaf, was played by

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* 1962 births Living people Swedish male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Sportspeople from Västerås 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub