Per Elofsson

Per Elofsson
Per Elofsson at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Country Sweden
Full namePer Eilert Elofsson
Born (1977-04-02) 2 April 1977 (age 47)
Röbäck, Sweden
Ski clubIFK Umeå
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (1997–2004)
Starts65
Podiums23
Wins11
Overall titles2 – (2001, 2002)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 3 1 1
Total 3 1 2
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 20 km combined pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lahti 15 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lahti 10 km + 10 km
combined pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km + 10 km
double pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Asiago 10 km classical
Gold medal – first place 1997 Canmore 30 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1996 Asiago 30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Asiago 4 × 10 km relay

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]

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 51
2001 23 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — 68
2002 24 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — 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 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
2 1998–99 28 November 1998 Finland Muonio, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
3 12 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
4  1999–00  2 February 2000 Norway Trondheim, Norway 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
5 16 February 2000 Switzerland Ulrichen, Switzerland 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
6 20 February 2000 France La Transjurassienne, France 72 km Mass Start F World Cup 2nd
7 19 March 2000 Italy Bormio, Italy 15 km Pursuit F World Cup 3rd
8 2000–01 29 November 2000 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
9 8 December 2000 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
10 16 December 2000 Italy Brusson, Italy 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st
11 10 February 2001 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
12 4 March 2001 Russia Kavgolovo, Russia 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
13 10 March 2001 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 1st
14 14 March 2001 Sweden Borlänge, Sweden 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
15 2001–02 25 November 2001 Finland Kuopio, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
16 8 December 2001 Italy Cogne, Italy 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
17 12 December 2001 Italy Brusson, Italy 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
18 15 December 2001 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
19 22 December 2001 Austria Ramsau, Austria 30 km Mass Start F World Cup 1st
20 5 January 2002 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st
21 3 February 2002 Finland Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st
22 3 March 2002 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd
23  2002–03  18 January 2003 Czech Republic 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 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Bergström / Mogren / Forsberg
2 11 January 1998 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fredriksson / Jonsson / Mogren
3 10 March 1998 Sweden Falun, Sweden 10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Fredriksson
4 1998–99 29 November 1998 Finland Muonio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Bergström / Ingesson / Fredriksson
5 19 December 1998 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bergström / Jonsson / Fredriksson
6 13 March 1999 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Fredriksson / Bergström / Brink
7 2000–01 18 March 2001 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindgren / Fredriksson / Göransson
8 2001–02 27 November 2001 Finland Kuopio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Lindgren / Fredriksson / Brink
9 16 December 2001 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Lindgren / Fredriksson / Jonsson
10 10 March 2002 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fredriksson / Södergren / Östberg

References

  1. ^ Thornéus, Patrik (2005-09-01). "Elofssons nya karriär: gitarrist i ett metalband". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Burström, Anders & Ek, Torbjörn (2005-10-26). "Nu lägger jag skidorna på hyllan" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  3. ^ "Engagerad" (in Swedish). Swedbank. 2012-06-29. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Kalla först i mål i Swedbanks nya satsning" (in Swedish). Swedbank. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  5. ^ Edlund, Roland (11 April 2016). "Per Elofsson om framtiden" (in Swedish). Västerbottens-Kuriren. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Per Elofsson SVT:s expert längd-VM På plats i Val di Fiemme" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  7. ^ Jönsson, Fredrik (16 September 2013). "Elofsson lämnar SVT – klar för Viasat" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ Östman, Petter; Malmkvist, Alexander (5 November 2014). "Elofsson blir expert för Eurosport under VM" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. ^ "ELOFSSON Per". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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Awards
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2001 		Succeeded by