Tore Eriksson (August 7, 1937 – February 17, 2017)
was a Swedish

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in Transtrand. He received a bronze medal at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

."1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) He participated on the bronze teams at the 1966 and at the 1967

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

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1937 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Malung-Sälen Municipality Swedish male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Sweden Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Cross-country skiers from Dalarna County People from Transtrand {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub