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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Göran Claeson
- Rolf Göran Claeson (born 4 March 1945) is a former speed skater from Sweden. Claeson participated in the 1,500 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble, but finished only 20th.
- In 1969, at the first European Allround Championships in which Claeson participated, he won bronze.
- Three weeks later, at the first World Allround Championships in which he participated, he won silver.
- More international medals followed during the next few years, but none of them were gold.
- Then, after the 1971–1972 season, two of the world's top skaters, Ard Schenk and Kees Verkerk, joined a newly formed professional league.
- Another top skater, Dag Fornæss, retired from speed skating.
- The following season, Claeson promptly became both European and World Allround Champion. Claeson won several more medals, including a bronze medal on the 1,500 m at the 1972 Winter Olympics of Sapporo.
- In 1975, he entered the European Allround Championships as the reigning European Champion, but he finished only 11th.
- He retired from speed skating that same year.
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