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Brännström won the [[Vasaloppet]] event in 1941.<ref name=Vas>{{cite web| url=http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Generella_sidor/infosidor/en/Bakat_i_tiden/enbakatitidensegrare3.html| title=Vasaloppet Race Winners| publisher=Official Website of Vasaloppet| access-date=2008-10-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420094116/http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Generella_sidor/infosidor/en/Bakat_i_tiden/enbakatitidensegrare3.html| archive-date=2008-04-20| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
Brännström won the [[Vasaloppet]] event in 1941.<ref name=Vas>{{cite web| url=http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Generella_sidor/infosidor/en/Bakat_i_tiden/enbakatitidensegrare3.html| title=Vasaloppet Race Winners| publisher=Official Website of Vasaloppet| access-date=2008-10-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420094116/http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Generella_sidor/infosidor/en/Bakat_i_tiden/enbakatitidensegrare3.html| archive-date=2008-04-20| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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He was a podium contender in the Vasaloppet, even after his World Championships years. In 1945, four years after his controversial silver medal, Brännström finished the 90 km race in third place with a time of 6 hours, 35 minutes, and 5 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://etusuora.com/en/cross-country-skiing/ski-classics/vasaloppet |title=Vasaloppet 2026 | Startlists, Prize money & Results |website=Etusuora.com |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> |
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Brännström also finished second in the 50 km at the [[1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], which had taken place in [[Cortina d’Ampezzo| Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy]]. The event was later declared a “non-event” by the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]] in 1946 due to the small number of skiers who had competed. Due to this decision, the medals were not counted in the overall FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.<ref name=FIS>{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/history/fishistory.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111123818/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/history/fishistory.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-01-11 |title=FIS History |publisher=Official Website of FIS }}</ref> |
Brännström also finished second in the 50 km at the [[1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], which had taken place in [[Cortina d’Ampezzo| Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy]]. The event was later declared a “non-event” by the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]] in 1946 due to the small number of skiers who had competed. Due to this decision, the medals were not counted in the overall FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.<ref name=FIS>{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/history/fishistory.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111123818/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/history/fishistory.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-01-11 |title=FIS History |publisher=Official Website of FIS }}</ref> |
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Swedish cross-country skier
| Born | 4 January 1918
Sweden |
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| Died | 14 December 1974 (aged 56)
Sweden |
| Sport | Skiing |
Mauritz Brännström (4 January 1918 – 14 December 1974)[1] was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1930s through the 1950s.
Brännström won the Vasaloppet event in 1941.[2]
He was a podium contender in the Vasaloppet, even after his World Championships years. In 1945, four years after his controversial silver medal, Brännström finished the 90 km race in third place with a time of 6 hours, 35 minutes, and 5 seconds.[3]
Brännström also finished second in the 50 km at the 1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, which had taken place in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The event was later declared a “non-event” by the International Ski Federation (FIS) in 1946 due to the small number of skiers who had competed. Due to this decision, the medals were not counted in the overall FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.[4]
In 1957, he won the Malmfältsloppet Race.[5]
Cross-country skiing results
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World Championships
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| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
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| 1938 | 20 | — | 22 | — |
