Toini Gustafsson
Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund, born Karvonen ( born January 17, 1938 in Suomussalmi ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier. She is originally Finnish, but came during the Second World War to Sweden and was adopted there.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968 it was both 5 km and about 10 km Olympic champion. With the Swedish season they won the silver medal at these games. Four years earlier, at the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 in Innsbruck, she was also came second in the relay.
Gustafsson won three more medals at World Ski Championships: 1962 silver team, 1966, respectively 10 km and a bronze in the relay. In addition, she won three times the prestigious 10 - km race at Holmenkollen (1960, 1967 and 1968 ). It was in 1967 awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1968 with the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -.
She was married to his death with the former Swedish cross-country skier Assar Rönnlund.