Jan Boklöv

Jan Mauritz Boklöv (born 14 April 1966) is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1] He is best known for popularising the now-ubiquitous V-style in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[2]

Jan Boklöv
Full nameJan Mauritz Boklöv
Born (1966-04-14) 14 April 1966
Koskullskulle, Gällivare, Sweden
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup career
Seasons1985–1993
Individual wins5
Indiv. podiums11
Overall titles1 (1989)
Updated on 23 June 2015.

Kurt Elimä was one of Boklöv's trainers. Boklöv competed in two Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the team large hill event in Calgary in 1988 and 47th in the individual normal hill in Albertville in 1992. At the 1989 Ski Jumping World Championships in Lahti, he finished fifth in the team large hill and tenth in the individual normal hill events. At the 1990 Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, Boklöv finished 27th.

In 1989 he was the recipient of the Jerringpris, a prize for the best sports performance of the year by a Swedish athlete, as voted for by the radio audience of Radiosporten.

During the early 2000s he lived in Luxembourg.,[3] and as of 2016, he is living in Brussels together with his family.

World Cup competition victories
Date Location Hill type
10 December 1988Lake Placid, New York, United StatesLarge hill
18 December 1988Sapporo, JapanLarge hill
4 January 1989Innsbruck, Tyrol, AustriaLarge hill
15 January 1989Harrachov, Czech SR, CzechoslovakiaSki flying hill
28 January 1989Chamonix, FranceNormal hill

Swedish national champion
  • Normal hill (K70): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989[1]
  • Large hill (K90): 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990[1]

References
  1. "Backe/Nordisk kombination" (in Swedish). Swedish Skiing Association. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. "History of the Sport". PyeongChang 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. "Här är Sveriges 38 största legendarer" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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