birth_place article_title name birth_date
Östersund , sweden joakim halvarsson
 joakim halvarsson 12 march 1972
joakim halvarsson

joakim halvarsson -lrb- born march 12 , 1972 -rrb- is a swedish ski mountaineer .
halvarsson was born in Östersund and has been member of the national team since 2006 .
he started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the swedish cup ski mountaineering in 2005 .
together with patrik nordin , andré jonsson and john bergstedt , he placed sixth in the relay event of the 2007 european championship of ski mountaineering .
