Jörgen Brink
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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....
cross-country skier and biathlete
Biathlon
Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
who has competed since 1994. He earned three bronze medal
Bronze medal
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s at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme
Val di Fiemme
thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....
(10 km + 10 km double pursuit, 50 km, and 4 × 10 km).
Brink's best finish at the Winter Olympics
Winter Olympic Games
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was a 24th in the individual sprint in 2002. He won eleven FIS races from 1995 to 2006 at all distances. On March 7, 2010, he won the 90 km ski marathon race Vasaloppet
Vasaloppet
Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, one of the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world...
, beating Daniel Tynell
Daniel Tynell
Daniel Tynell is a Swedish cross-country skier who has won the ski marathon Vasaloppet three times, in 2002, 2006 and 2009. Tynell has also won the König Ludwig Lauf, an event that is part of Worldloppet Ski Federation, twice. He represents the ski club Grycksbo IF.-References:...
to the finishing line by a very narrow margin. Brink's winning time was 4 hours, 2 minutes and 59 seconds. On March 6th 2011 he won Vasaloppet again, beating Stanislav Rezac
Stanislav Řezáč
Stanislav Řezáč is a Czech long-distance cross-country skier competing in the Worldloppet Ski Federation series of races.Řezáč won the prestigious Birkebeinerrennet race in Norway for three times - in 2005, 2008 and 2011. He also finished second-placed in the Vasaloppet race in Sweden in 2011. In...
by 1 second. His winning time was 3 hours, 51 minutes and 51 seconds.