Sylvia Filipsson (later Hellström, born 22 May 1953) is a former ice speed skater from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. She was part of the Swedish Olympic team in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

and

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

with the best result of fifth place over 1500 m in 1980.Sylvia Hellström
Swedish Olympic Committee She competed in 10 world allround championships, and placed fourth in 1980, sixth in 1976, seventh in 1978 and eighth in 1979.Sylvia Hellström-Filipsson
speedskatingstats.com Her brother

Tord Filipsson Tord Filipsson (born 7 May 1950) is a Swedish former road cyclist. He finished sixth-seventh with the Swedish team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. At the world championships he won a bronze medal in 1973 and a gold in 1974, both in the tea ...

is a former Olympic cyclist.

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1953 births Living people Swedish female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Sweden 20th-century Swedish sportswomen Sportspeople from Katrineholm {{Sweden-speed-skating-bio-stub