Per Elofsson

Per Elofsson ( born April 2, 1977 in Umeå ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier.

Career

Elofsson won in the 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 season the Cross Country World Cup, he won a total of eleven World Cup races. He became world champion over 15 km and in the pursuit race in 2001 and in 2003 he repeated his victory in the pursuit. At the Olympics 2002 he benefited the Pursuit of the subsequent disqualification of starting for Spain German Johann Mühlegg and won the bronze medal.

Elofsson 2001 was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -. In 2005 he retired from top-level sports and surprised in the same year as a heavy metal musician: The Grand Illusion album the band Nocturnal Rites Elofsson played guitar on one song.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

World Championships

  • 2001 in Lahti: Gold over 15 km, gold in the pursuit race, silver team
  • 2003 in Val di Fiemme: Gold in the Pursuit, bronze team

World Cup

  • Winner of the overall ranking of cross-country skiing World Cup: 2001, 2002
Winter Olympic Games Nordic skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Muonio Finland Santa Caterina di Valfurva Italy Brusson Kuopio Ramsau am Dachstein Fiemme Valley Davos List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Veikko Hakulinen Hallgeir Brenden Gjermund Eggen Magne Myrmo Thomas Wassberg Marco Albarello Harri Kirvesniemi Axel Teichmann Pietro Piller Cottrer Lars Berger Andrus Veerpalu Matti Heikkinen Petter Northug Vincent Vittoz Ivar Formo Alexander Zavyalov Bill Koch (skier) Gunde Svan Mathias Fredriksson Tobias Angerer Martin Johnsrud Sundby
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