Thomas Wassberg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thomas Wassberg
Occupation	Skier
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1956(1956-03-27)
Age	68
Birthplace	Årjäng
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Värmland County
Horoscope	Pisces

Thomas Wassberg Biography

Thomas Wassberg is one of the most popular and richest Skier who was born on March 27, 1956 in Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden. Thomas Lars Wassberg (born 27 March 1956) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A speedy skating style that requires a pushing every leg is known as “Wassberg” after him in many countries. Wassberg’s top skiing heroes when growing in his youth include Sixten Jernberg as well as Oddvar Bra. He has talked about his physical strength and mental fitness as his best qualities as a skier. his biggest weakness being a slowness to speed.

As per Bengt Erik Bengtsson as the chief of the Nordic Office of the FIS from 1984 until 2004. Wassberg is the one person to suggest in 1984 that the split of of cross-country skiing into freestyle and classic disciplines. This was then implemented by FIS in the year 1986.

Wassberg was awarded the four Olympic gold medals in the 15km distance (1980) and 50km (1984) as well as the 4 10km relay (1984 1988) He also served as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden in 1988. In the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won three golds (50 km 1982 30 km 1987, and 4 relay of 10 km 1987) and three silvers (15 km 1985, 1987; 50km (1987) along with a bronze (4 relay of 10 km 1985). Also, Wassberg won the 50 km race at Holmenkollen ski festival three times. Holmenkollen skiing festival 3 times (1980 1983, 1982 and 1987) and also the 15 kilometers twice (1979 and 1985, and 1979).

Thomas Wassberg Net Worth

Thomas Wassberg is one of the richest Skier from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Wassberg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the winner of his first World Cup in 1977, and was later presented with the Holmenkollen medal. His teammate Sven-AkeLundback didn’t get his Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1978. As a protest against this decision, Wassberg was unable to receive his Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1980.

In in the year 1980, at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Wassberg edged out Finland’s Juha Mieto by 0.01 seconds in the 15 kmrace, the most close cross- country skiing competition ever in Olympic history. Wassberg later offered Mieto for the medal be divided between the two “as one one-hundredth of a second is nothing in a 15-kilometer race”. This led to the International Ski Federation (FIS) to alter their timing to the closest one-tenth of a second. The incident also led to an urban legend of apocryphal origin about how Wassberg as well as Mieto’s gold medals were split in half and transformed into half-gold, half silver medals. In 1984, at the Winter Olympics, Wassberg beat his rival Swede Gunde Svan in a race of 4.9 second in 50km race event, which was the largest winning margin ever in the event. Giorgio Di Centa edged out Yevgeny Dementyev by 0.8 seconds in the 2006. Winter Olympics even though the 2006 race was a mass-start event in contrast to the 1984 event which was an interval-start event.

After retiring from competitions Wassberg worked as a sports reporter for Swedish Radio and a cross-country skiing coach for his club Åsarna IK. In 2009 he appeared on Swedish television in the show contests Mästarnas mästare, and in 2016 participated in Let’s Dance 2016 which was broadcast on TV4. In the 2010s he oversaw the preparation of ski tracks for Åsarna IK, organized bird hunting events for tourists and worked as a forester.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Thomas Wassberg Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Thomas Wassberg celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.