Nils Täpp
Swedish cross-country skier
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Nils Bertil Täpp (27 October 1917 – 23 October 2000) was a Swedish cross-country skier. He was part of the Swedish 4 × 10 km relay teams that won gold medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics and 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 1952 Olympics he finished seventh in the individual 18 km race and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay. He was the Swedish national champion in the 15 km (1943 and 1946) and 3 × 10 km relay (1942, 1943 and 1949).[1]
FullnameNils Bertil Täpp
Born27 October 1917
Malung, Sweden
Died23 October 2000 (aged 82)
Malung, Sweden
SportCross-country skiing
Nils Täpp around 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nils Bertil Täpp | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 October 1917 Malung, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 October 2000 (aged 82) Malung, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Malungs IF (−1945) Sågmyra IF (1946) Östersunds SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was born Nils Bertil Persson and changed his last name to Täpp in 1945.[2]
