Emelie Öhrstig

Emelie Öhrstig
Emelie Öhrstig
Country Sweden
Full nameFrida Emelie Öhrstig
Born (1978-02-27) 27 February 1978 (age 46)
Borås, Sweden
Ski clubPiteå Elit
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (1998, 2000–2006)
Indiv. starts46
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts16
Team podiums1
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2005 & 2006)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint

Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist. As a cross-country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.[1] She also has eleven additional victories up to 15 km from 2002 to 2005, and her best individual finish in Turin at the 2006 Winter Olympics was 22nd in the individual sprint.

In April 2006 she resigned as a member of the Piteå Elit team and has since been listed on the website for the International Ski Federation as retired.

Along with Per Elofsson, she was an expert commentator for Viasat during 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] Prior to that, she had been an expert commentator at Sveriges Television from 2009, until joining Viasat in 2014.[3] Since August 2014, Öhrstig has been an employee at Volvo Cars. As of 2017, she is currently a director of customer experience and retail for the Swedish market.[4]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2006 28 47 — — 22 — —

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 classical  		 Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2003 25 — — — — 21 — —
2005 27 — — — — Gold — 9

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1998 20 NC — NC — —
2000 22 71 — NC — 51
2001 23 89 — — — 62
2002 24 88 — — — 61
2003 25 36 — — — 11
2004 26 31 NC — — 11
2005 27 25 NC — — 9
2006 28 25 — — — 9

Team podiums

  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 2004–05 23 January 2005 Italy Pragelato, Italy 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Dahlberg

References

  1. ^ ""Roundup: Russian triumphs in sprint duel" (The New York Times, 23 February 2005) "NORDIC SKIING: Emelie Oehrstig of Sweden claimed gold five days before her 27th birthday, covering the difficult 0.9-kilometer course in 2:15.5. A fellow Swede, Lina Andersson earned silver in 2:16.8, beating Canada's Sara Renner by one-tenth of a second."". The New York Times. 23 February 2005. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Bohman, Per (4 October 2013). "Hon är Viasats senaste OS-värvning". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ Lann, Rikard (14 October 2009). "Emelie Öhrstig blir ny SVT-expert" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ Eriksson, Carl-Fredrik (14 January 2018). "Här är skidstjärnans nya karriär hos Volvo". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. ^ "OEHRSTIG Emelie Achim". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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