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Sven Coomer

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Sven Coomer
Personal information
Born (1940-10-12) 12 October 1940 (age 84)
Sydney, Australia
Sport
SportModern pentathlon

Sven Coomer (born 12 October 1940) is an Australian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Coomer went on to study product design in Sweden, where he learned to ski and ski-race. He later worked as a ski racing coach, ski instructor and ski school director in the United States. That career led to a job designing ski boots for the Italian firm Nordica, and his designs were widely imitated by other factories.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sven Coomer Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ Jackson Hogen, "Sven Coomer: Master Boot Laster", "Skiing History" magazine, May/June 2014