Carl-Erik Eriksson


Carl-Erik Mauritz "Jätten" Eriksson is a Swedish bobsledder who was the first person to compete in Bobsleigh at six Olympic Games.

Biography

Born in Stockholm, Eriksson was flag-bearer for Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. In the bobsled two-man sled, Eriksson came sixth at the 1972 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1976 Winter Olympics. The only other bobsledder to compete at six Olympics is Italian Gerda Weissensteiner, although only two of her six appearances were in bobsleigh.