Roles | Competed in Olympic Games • Other |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Carl-Erik Mauritz•Eriksson |
Used name | Carl-Erik•Eriksson |
Nick/petnames | Jätten |
Born | 20 May 1930 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE) |
Died | 31 July 2023 in Stenhamra, Ekerö, Stockholm (SWE) |
Measurements | 173 cm / 82 kg |
Affiliations | Bobklubb Sankt Erik, Stockholm (SWE) / Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm (SWE) |
NOC | Sweden |
Although he started his athletic career as a skier in the 1950s, Carl-Erik Eriksson competed in a then record six consecutive editions of the Olympic bobsleigh tournament between 1964 and 1984, taking part in both the two-man and four-man every year except 1968, when he skipped the four-man. His best result came in the two-man in 1972 where, alongside Jan Johansson, he placed sixth. In 1976, he was chosen as Sweden’s flagbearer in the opening ceremony. Eriksson was the first Olympian to compete at six Winter Olympics.
Eriksson was involved heavily in his chosen sport outside of competition as well, and ran companies that provided bobsleigh equipment for athletes both at home and abroad. He also served as a coach for the Swedish national team, as well as on the board of the national federation. In the 2010s, he turned his attention to skeleton to help build the Swedish program in that sport.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1964 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Jan-Erik Åkerström | |||||
Four, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 11 | ||||
1968 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Eric Wennerberg | 18 | ||||
1972 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Jan Johansson | 6 | ||||
Four, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 11 | ||||
1976 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Kenth Rönn | 9 | ||||
Four, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 16 | ||||
1980 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Kenth Rönn | 15 | ||||
Four, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | |||||
1984 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson | |||
Two, Men (Olympic) | Nils Stefansson | 19 | ||||
Four, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 21 |
Games | Role | NOC | As | |
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1976 Winter Olympics | Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony | SWE | Carl-Erik Eriksson |