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Margit Nordin (Ellen Margit Ingrid Nordin)

Last Updated: 08 Apr, 2024 | Views: 286

Age: 84

Profession: Sports Women

Other Profession(s): Cross-country skiing

Famous For: First woman to race in the Vasaloppet

Margit Nordin Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

10 Aug, 1897 (84 Years 08 Months 22 Days)

Birth Country

Sweden

Birth State/Province

Värmland

Birth District

Karlstad

Birth Sign

Leo

Religion

Christianity

Nationalities

Swedish

Died on

03 May, 1982

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Margit Nordin Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Ellen Margit Ingrid Nordin was born on 10th August, 1897 in Karlstad. She died on 3rd May 1982 in Saltsjöbaden. Margit Nordin won the Vasaloppet for the first time in 1923. In southern Dalarna, she competed for IFK Grängesberg while living in Grängesberg. As a gymnastics director, Nordin specialized in the sport. Until 1981, women were banned from participating in the Vasaloppet after this race. She is such a inspiration to all the women.
Margit Nordin Career:
Margit Nordin Sports:
• The physiotherapist and gymnastics teacher Nordin worked in Grängesberg. Her patient was 15 km away one winter, so she had to ski three miles every day to visit him.
• Also, she was used to hiking/training marches of four to six miles a day. In order to find out whether Nordin's fitness could also last for a full race, she decided to do a test.
Margit Nordin Vasaloppet 1923 and aftermath
• A starting field of 160 men and one woman was let off at six o'clock in the morning on March 4, 1923.
Margit Nordin Women in the Vasaloppet again
• In 1981, however, the rules were altered. In addition to Meeri Bodelid, who finished in 5:28.08, women were again approved to start.
• There has been an official selection of the top female cross-country skiers since 1997.
Margit Nordin Family:
• On July 19, 1924, Carl Reinhold Sundell ordained the couple's wedding at Uppsala Cathedral, where she married lawyer Nils Sundell between 1924 and 1930.
• The daughter of researcher Richard Nordin (1867-1929), of Uppsala, and Elin Maria Runström (1869-1960), of Västers, Margit Nordin was born in Uppsala.