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Sixten Jernberg Obituary
Jernberg's son, Edy, says the skier passed away early Saturday at a hospital in his hometown of Dalarna in central Sweden.
Jernberg won a total of nine Olympic medals, capturing the first of his four golds in the 50-kilometer race at the Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy in 1956. He also won Olympic gold at Squaw Valley in 1960 and two golds at Innsbruck in 1964. He dominated his sport, specializing in the longer distances, and won a pair of golds at both the 1958 and 1962 world championships.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.
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N. Sledge
July 16, 2012
"I--I myself am the One that is comforting you people" (Isaiah 51:12). Jernberg family, God can comfort you through the pages of his word the Bible.
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July 16, 2012
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.-John 14:18
May God's gentle peace fill your heart
and comfort your ...soul today and in the days to come,
With Deep Sympathy,
L. Green-W.P.Bch., FLA 33407
July 16, 2012
R.I.P.
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