Kjell Sjöberg

{{Infobox skier

| name = Kjell Sjöberg

| image = Kjell Sjöberg SOK.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Kjell Sjöberg between 1960 and 1968

| nationality = {{flag|Sweden}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|5|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Själevad, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|10|1937|5|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

| height = 169 cm

| club = IF Friska Viljor

| personalbest = List of longest ski jumps#Men
Oberstdorf, West Germany
(10 February 1967)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Kjell Allan Sjöberg (11 May 1937 – 10 September 2013) was a Swedish ski jumper.

Career

He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the normal hill and large hill events with the best result of fifth place in the large hill in 1964.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Kjell Sjöberg |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sj/kjell-sjoberg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204000547/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sj/kjell-sjoberg-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/k/kjell-sjoberg.html Kjell Sjöberg]. Swedish Olympic Committee

He set two world records, 141 metres (464 ft) in 1964 and 148 metres (486 ft) in 1967, both on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, West Germany.{{cite web|title=Sjöberg izenačil Šlibarjev svetovni rekord (page 6)|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-8QRBB3BI/6/index.html#zoom=z|publisher=Delo|date=15 February 1964|language=sl}}{{cite web|title=Kjell Sjöberg satte v-rekord med 148 meter i Oberstdorf (page 17)|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_arbeiderbladetoslo_null_null_19670211_1_36_1?page=15|publisher=National Library of Norway|date=11 February 1967|language=no}}{{cite web|title=Kar dvakrat svetovni rekord (page 5)|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-55GUCABG/5/index.html#zoom=z|publisher=Delo|date=11 February 1967|language=sl}}

He won a bronze medal in that event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.{{cite web|url=http://allehanda.se/slaktvanner/dodsfall/1.6263063-kjell-sjoberg-minnesord |title=Kjell Sjöberg, minnesord - Dödsfall |language=sv |publisher=allehanda.se |date= 11 September 2013|accessdate=12 September 2013}}

After retiring from competitions Sjöberg worked in the paint and paper production industries. He died aged 76 and was survived by wife Astrid, daughter Marie, two brothers and a sister.