- Marie-Helene Östlund
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Medal record Women's cross-country skiing World Championships Gold 1987 Oberstdorf 20 km Silver 1991 Val di Fiemme 10 km Bronze 1987 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km Bronze 1995 Thunder Bay 4 x 5 km Marie-Helene Östlund, née Westin (born 14 May 1966), is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. Östlund won a very unexpected world title on the 20 km in Oberstdorf, West Germany, in 1987. For the feat, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with the Swedish ice hockey team. She is married to fellow Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund.
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20 km 1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS) * 1980: Veronika Hesse (GDR) * 1982: Raisa Smetanina (URS) * 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) * 1987: Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)30 km 1989: Yelena Välbe (URS) * 1991: Lyubov Yegorova (URS) * 1993: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) * 1995: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) * 1999: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) * 2001: cancelled * 2003: Olga Zavyalova (URS) * 2005: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) * 2007: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) * 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) * 2011: Therese Johaug (NOR)Preceded by
Tomas JohanssonSvenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
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Swedish national men's ice hockey team
1987Succeeded by
Tomas GustafsonCategories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- Swedish cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Swedish cross-country skiing biography stubs
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