Sven Utterström

Sven "Uttern" Ludvig Utterström (16 May 1901, Boden, Sweden – 7 May 1979 in Boden, Sweden) was a Swedish skier who competed in cross-country skiing.

Sven Utterström
Sven Utterström in 1932
Full nameSven Ludvig Utterström
Born(1901-05-16)16 May 1901
Boden, Sweden
Died7 May 1979(1979-05-07) (aged 77)
Boden, Sweden
Ski clubBodens BK

He was born in Boden, Sweden, raced for Bodens BK, and won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.

Utterström won the 50 km cross-country event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1929 and 1930. He was only the third non-Norwegian to win any event there (Finland's Anton Collin and Martti Lappalainen were the first two, winning the 50 km in 1922 and 1928, respectively.).

At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished ninth in the 18 km competition.

Four years later at the 1932 Winter Olympics, Utterström won the 18 km. In the 50 km event he finished sixth.

In 1930, he won the 50 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and was on the 4 × 10 km relay that won the inaugural event at the 1933 Nordic skiing World Championships. He also won a silver in the 50 km at the 1933 event as well.

Utterström also won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1929 (Shared with Gillis Grafström).

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games
  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   18 km   50 km 
1928269—
193230Gold6

World Championships
  • 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   17 km  18 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
193028—N/AGoldN/A
193331N/A5SilverGold

References
  1. "UTTERSTROEM Sven". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Preceded by
Per-Erik Hedlund		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Gillis Grafström
1929		 Succeeded by
Johan Richthoff
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