Career
Lestander started as a cross-country skier, but he was also an experienced hunter, and thus ended up with biathlon. Meanwhile, the fastest skier Victor Arbez hit only 2 targets our of 20, and placed 25th overall. Next year Lestander finished ninth individually at the World Championships in Umeå and third with the Swedish team
He retired the same year, never winning a Swedish Championship.
Lestander lived all his life in Arjeplog, where a square is named after him. He is a cousin of the forest worker and Left Party Member of Parliament Paul Lestander.