Marcus Hellner
Carl Marcus Hellner Joakim ( born November 25, 1985 in Lerdala, community Skövde, Skaraborg län) is a Swedish cross-country skier.
Career
Marcus Hellner lives in Gällivare and starts for the local club Gellivare skidallians. His first international experience he gained at junior and FIS races. In 2004, he joined in Stryn first time, but still, without significant results, at the Junior World Championships at. In the following years he ran mainly juniors race, and later FIS and U23 races, some of it quite reached top rankings, but without taking a decisive role in the competitions. At the end of the season 2005/ 06 he was allowed to compete in the World Cup for the first time after good finishes in FIS races in Borlänge. He finished in 32nd place in the sprint. He celebrated his first major success as a Fifth -placed in the sprint race during the first Tour de Ski 2006/2007. More good rankings earned him a nomination for the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. Here he was, used for the Sprinter unusual about the 15 - kilometer stretch and finished ninth.
To kick off the 2007/08 season he reached the World Cup race team from Dusseldorf together with Emil Jönsson his first podium finish in the World Cup. A year later he succeeded in front of his home crowd at the opening race of the season 2008/ 09 in Gällivare over a distance of 15 km freestyle his first World Cup victory. At the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 he won the gold medal over 30 km Skiathlon and with the relay. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, he won the sprint his first world title and won silver in the 4x10 km relay behind Norway. The 2010/11 season he finished with a 29th place in the Sprint World Cup in Stockholm.
At the beginning of the 2011/12 season he was again able to achieve in Sjusjøen on the same track with the season in third place on the podium after a ninth place in singles. A short time later, however good rankings remained in Kuusamo again. Once in Gällivare he won the FIS race 15km early December 2011 to give him a week later a front placement succeeded as fourth in Davos for the first time in the World Cup again since the World Championships in Oslo. Convince could also Hellner in Tour de Ski 2011/2012, which he completed after good individual results as second overall.
At the Swedish Championships in Östersund 2012 he won the singles title over 15 km and in Skiathlon over 30 km. A short time later he was standing in Nové Město na Moravě with the season in third place on the podium again. In the individual disciplines top rankings were Rahr. He was again ninth in the season finale in Falun. Despite the lack of victories, he was in 2011/12 at the end of fourth in the overall World Cup of the season.
In the 2012/13 season Hellner started with a third place in the individual World Cup in Gällivare. Just a day later, he was with the squadron also runner-up. This placement brought the team again in January again in La Clusaz, after Hellner had previously 2012/2013 finished fifth in the Tour de Ski. Just three days later, he defended his title in Swedish Skiathlon at the National Championships in Falun.
In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, he won by an eighth place in the Skiathlon the silver medal in the team sprint. Also silver he won with the team relay competition about 4 × 10 km. In the World Cup he could be placed after the World Cup with a rather poor performance only in the middle and at the end was only ninth in the World Cup overall standings.