He won a surprising gold medal over 20 kilometres ahead of Mark Kirchner and Mikael Löfgren at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Mikael Persbrandt | Nils Lofgren | Zouk Mikael | Mikael Stanne | Mikael Fortelius | Mikael Forssell | Toivo Mikael Kivimäki | Mikael Wiehe | Mikael Tellqvist | Mikael Salomon | Mikael Håfström | Mikael Åkerfeldt | Mike Lofgren | Mikael Stenmark | Mikael Stahre | Mikael Odenberg | Mikael Nalbandian | Mikael Löfgren | Mikael Lofgren | Mikael Granlund | Mikael Ericsson | Mikael Dahlberg | Mikael Daez | Mikael Colville-Andersen | Mikael Bols | Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez | Mikael Blomkvist | Mikael Andersson (footballer born 1978) | Johan Albert Constantin Löfgren |
Kirchner came second in the overall World Cup standings twice which happened in the two consecutive seasons of 1990\1991 and 1991\1992 the former behind Sergey Tchepikov of the USSR and the latter behind Mikael Lofgren of Sweden.