Per Elofsson

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Per Eilert Elofsson (born 2 April 1977 in Röbäck, Västerbotten) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Elofsson also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (2001: 15 km, 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit; 2003: 10 km + 10 km double pursuit), one silver (2001: 4 × 10 km relay), and one bronze (2003: 4 × 10 km relay).

He also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2001. This success along with his two golds earned at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti would give Elofsson the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. At the 2002 Swedish Sports Award, he was awarded the prize for Sportsman of the Year.

In 2005 he made an unexpected appearance on the album Grand Illusion by the Heavy metal band Nocturnal Rites, playing guitar on one song.[1]

He retired 26 October 2005 by giving a press conference at Arlanda airport.[2]

After retirement

In 2007, Elofsson started working as a business developer at Swedbank, giving financial advice to professional athletes. His first client was fellow cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla.[3][4] He left Swedbank in April 2016.[5]

Elofsson was a pundit and expert commentator for SVT Sport during cross-country championships.[6] During the 2014 Winter Olympics he was employed by Swedish broadcaster Viasat.[7] In November 2014 he left Viasat and joined Eurosport.[8]

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Elofsson as a pundit for SVT Sport in Oslo 2011

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[9]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1998 20 10 4
2002 24 5 Bronze DNF 17

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1999 21 22 9 8 6
2001 23 Gold Gold 6 Silver
2003 25 12 Gold 21 Bronze

World Cup

Season titles

  • 2 titles – (2 overall)
Season
Discipline
2001 Overall
2002 Overall

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1997 19 NC NC
1998 20 19 32 10
1999 21 5 8 5
2000 22 4 4 Template:Bronze03 51
2001 23 Template:Gold01 68
2002 24 Template:Gold01 63
2003 25 24
2004 26 NC NC

Individual podiums

  • 11 victories – (11 WC)
  • 23 podiums – (23 WC)
No. Season Date Location Place Level Place
1  1997–98  11 March 1998 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
2 1998–99 28 November 1998 Template:Flagicon Muonio, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
3 12 January 1999 Template:Flagicon Nové Město, Czech Republic 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
4  1999–00  2 February 2000 Template:Flagicon Trondheim, Norway 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
5 16 February 2000 Template:Flagicon Ulrichen, Switzerland 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
6 20 February 2000 Template:Flagicon La Transjurassienne, France 72 km Mass Start F World Cup 2nd
7 19 March 2000 Template:Flagicon Bormio, Italy 15 km Pursuit F World Cup 3rd
8 2000–01 29 November 2000 Template:Flagicon Beitostølen, Norway 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
9 8 December 2000 Template:Flagicon Santa Caterina, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
10 16 December 2000 Template:Flagicon Brusson, Italy 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st
11 10 February 2001 Template:Flagicon Otepää, Estonia 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
12 4 March 2001 Template:Flagicon Kavgolovo, Russia 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
13 10 March 2001 Template:Flagicon Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 1st
14 14 March 2001 Template:Flagicon Borlänge, Sweden 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
15 2001–02 25 November 2001 Template:Flagicon Kuopio, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
16 8 December 2001 Template:Flagicon Cogne, Italy 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
17 12 December 2001 Template:Flagicon Brusson, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
18 15 December 2001 Template:Flagicon Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
19 22 December 2001 Template:Flagicon Ramsau, Austria 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 1st
20 5 January 2002 Template:Flagicon Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st
21 3 February 2002 Template:Flagicon Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
22 3 March 2002 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd
23  2002–03  18 January 2003 Template:Flagicon Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

  • 4 victories – (3 RL, 1 TS)
  • 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1997–98 7 December 1997 Template:Flagicon Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Bergström / Mogren / Forsberg
2 11 January 1998 Template:Flagicon Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fredriksson / Jonsson / Mogren
3 10 March 1998 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Fredriksson
4 1998–99 29 November 1998 Template:Flagicon Muonio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Bergström / Ingesson / Fredriksson
5 19 December 1998 Template:Flagicon Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bergström / Jonsson / Fredriksson
6 13 March 1999 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Fredriksson / Bergström / Brink
7 2000–01 18 March 2001 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindgren / Fredriksson / Göransson
8 2001–02 27 November 2001 Template:Flagicon Kuopio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindgren / Fredriksson / Brink
9 16 December 2001 Template:Flagicon Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Lindgren / Fredriksson / Jonsson
10 10 March 2002 Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fredriksson / Södergren / Östberg

References

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