Carl-Erik Eriksson
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Carl-Erik Mauritz "Jätten" Eriksson (born May 20, 1930 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

) is a Swedish bobsledder who was the first person to compete in Bobsleigh at six Olympic Games (1964 to 1984).

The only other bobsledder to compete at six Olympics is Italian Gerda Weissensteiner
Gerda Weissensteiner
Gerda Weissensteiner is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who has competed from the late 1980s to 2006...

, although only two of her six appearances were in Bobsleigh (the other four were luge). Eriksson was flag-bearer for Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:Men- Biathlon:Men1One minute added per close miss , two minutes added per complete miss.Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.- Bobsleigh:...

 in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

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In the Bobsled Two-Man Sled, Eriksson came sixth (with Jan Johansson) at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
-Two-man:-Four-man:-Medal table:-References:**...

 and ninth (with Kenth Rönn) at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-Two-man:-Four-man:-Medal table:-References:**...

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