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
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 place2002 Salt Lake City20 km combined pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Lahti15 km classical
Gold medal – first place2001 Lahti10 km + 10 km
combined pursuit
Gold medal – first place2003 Val di Fiemme10 km + 10 km
double pursuit
Silver medal – second place2001 Lahti4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2003 Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place1996 Asiago10 km classical
Gold medal – first place1997 Canmore30 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place1996 Asiago30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1996 Asiago4 × 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 
199820———10——4
200224—5BronzeDNF17——

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 
19992122—98——6
200123—GoldGold—6—Silver
200325—12Gold—21—Bronze

World Cup

Season titles

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

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
199719NC—NC——
19982019—32—10
1999215—8—5
2000224—43rd place, bronze medalist(s)51
2001231st place, gold medalist(s)———68
2002241st place, gold medalist(s)———63
20032524————
200426NCNC———

Individual podiums

  • 11 victories – (11 WC)
  • 23 podiums – (23 WC)
No. Season Date Location Place Level Place
1 1997–98 11 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
21998–9928 November 1998Finland Muonio, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
312 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
4 1999–00 2 February 2000Norway Trondheim, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
516 February 2000Switzerland Ulrichen, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
620 February 2000France La Transjurassienne, France72 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
719 March 2000Italy Bormio, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
82000–0129 November 2000Norway Beitostølen, Norway10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
98 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
1016 December 2000Italy Brusson, Italy10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup1st
1110 February 2001Estonia Otepää, Estonia10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
124 March 2001Russia Kavgolovo, Russia15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
1310 March 2001Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
1414 March 2001Sweden Borlänge, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
152001–0225 November 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
168 December 2001Italy Cogne, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1712 December 2001Italy Brusson, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
1815 December 2001Switzerland Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1922 December 2001Austria Ramsau, Austria30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
205 January 2002Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup1st
213 February 2002Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
223 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
23 2002–03 18 January 2003Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 4 victories – (3 RL, 1 TS)
  • 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
11997–987 December 1997Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdBergström / Mogren / Forsberg
211 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndFredriksson / Jonsson / Mogren
310 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stFredriksson
41998–9929 November 1998Finland Muonio, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup1stBergström / Ingesson / Fredriksson
519 December1998Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBergström / Jonsson / Fredriksson
613 March 1999Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stFredriksson / Bergström / Brink
72000–0118 March 2001Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndLindgren / Fredriksson / Göransson
82001–0227 November 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndLindgren / Fredriksson / Brink
916 December 2001Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stLindgren / Fredriksson / Jonsson
1010 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndFredriksson / 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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