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Marie-Helene Östlund

Swedish cross-country skier

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ435443 ↗
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Marie-Helene Östlund (née Westin, born 14 May 1966), is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. Östlund won a world championship title on the 20 km in Oberstdorf, West Germany, in 1987. For the feat, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with the Swedish ice hockey team. Östlund also won the Jerring Award the same year. She is married to fellow Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund.

In 1994 and 1995, she won Tjejvasan.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

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The public source identifies “Marie-Helene Östlund” as swedish cross-country skier. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marie-Helene, Östlund and Swedish.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 1987, 1994, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-05-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marie-Helene, Östlund and Swedish providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Marie-Helene Östlund” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.