Sigvard Ericsson

John Sigvard " Sigge " Ericsson ( born July 17, 1930 in Alanäset, Jämtland County ) is a former Swedish speed skater.

Ericsson was established in 1955 as the first Swedish world champion in the all around. He succeeded calculated in Moscow, in which skaters had established from the Soviet Union in the world rankings at a time. So he referred Oleg Goncharenko and Boris Shilkov to the places. In the same year, Ericsson also won at the European Championships in Falun. For these achievements, he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -.

After he had taken part in Oslo without winning a medal at the Winter Olympics in 1952, he was at the Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic champion over 10,000 meters and won the silver medal in the 5000 meters.

1957 ended Ericsson his international career after he had occupied a disappointing for him ninth in the all-around world championship in his home town of Östersund.

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