Who Is Sebastian Samuelsson? Wiki, Athlete, Net Worth, Gold Medal & Facts To Know

Sebastian Samuelsson was born in 1997. He is a Swedish biathlete who competes on international levels. He participated in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and won a silver medal in the 12.5 km pursuit event. He got a gold medal in relay and a silver medal in pursuit at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. This was his first gold medal on an international level. Samuelsson participated at the 2017 Hochfilzen World Championships and there he finished 11th in relay. In 2016-17 World Cup, he finished at the 44th position in mass start. Samuelsson is nicknamed as Sebbe. He can speak English and Swedish languages. He has trained in Club I 21 IF Skidskytte under Coach Wolfgang Pichler who too was a German biathlete at the Biathlon. Samuelsson made his World Cup Debut in 2016 in Ostersund, Sweden. He states winning an Olympic gold medal as his ambition in life. He was named the 2017 Male Biathlete of the Year by the Swedish Biathlon Federation. In March 2017 he was named the Male Rookie of the Year by the International Biathlon Union. Olympic biathlon silver medalist Sebastian Samuelsson had criticized the International Biathlon Union's (IBU) decision to continue to stage World Cup events in Russia, despite athlete concerns about state-sponsored doping in the country. He said, "I think that a country that doesn’t have a working anti-doping organisation, and that hasn’t been given the all-clear by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) to carry out tests should not be holding championships". Samuelsson also said the Swedish Biathlon Association is considering the boycott of the final World Cup event of the season in Russia, which is due to take place in Tyumen from March 20-25. “I hope that more athletes will step forward and say that we shouldn’t go there,” he said. “The Swedish association says we shouldn’t go there with a team, I don’t think it feels good to go there.” Asked if other athletes shared his concerns, Samuelsson said, “I’m completely certain of that. There has been a lot of pressure from the athletes to take those competitions from them (the Russians), and they haven’t done that,” he added. “I think it’s a shame that they don’t listen to us athletes.”

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