Erik Wennerberg
Encyclopedia
Eric Wennerberg, born January 21, 1917 in Landskrona
, died May 15, 2001 in Segeltorp, was a Swedish
bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships
in Lake Placid, New York
.
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
, died May 15, 2001 in Segeltorp, was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships
FIBT World Championships 1961
The FIBT World Championships 1961 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the second time after hosting the event previously in 1949.-Two man bobsleigh:Monti won his fifth straight championship in this event, a record that still stands...
in Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
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