Per Elofsson
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| Full name | Per Eilert Elofsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1977 Röbäck, Sweden |
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| Ski club | IFK Umeå | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1996-2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 2 (2000-01, 2001-02) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Per Eilert Elofsson (born April 2, 1977 in Röbäck, Västerbotten) is a Swedish 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 x 10 km relay), and one bronze (2003: 4 x 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
Since 2007, Elofsson works as a business developer at Swedbank, giving economic advice to professional athletes. His first client was fellow cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla.[3][4]
Elofsson was a pundit and co-commentator for SVT Sport during cross-country championships.[5] During the 2014 Winter Olympics he was employed by Swedish broadcaster Viasat.[6] In November 2014 he left Viasat and joined Eurosport.[7]
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External links
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- Per Elofsson at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Official website (English) & (Swedish)
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| Preceded by | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2001 |
Succeeded by Susanne Ljungskog |
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Umeå
- Cross-country skiers from Västerbotten
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen winners
- Swedish cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Male cross-country skiers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- IFK Umeå skiers
