Per Elofsson

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Per Elofsson

Personal information

Full name

Per Eilert Elofsson

Born

April 2, 1977
Röbäck, Sweden

Professional information

Club

IFK Umeå

Skis

Fischer

World Cup

Seasons

1996-2003

Wins

Additional podiums

Total podiums

Overall titles

2 (2000-01, 2001-02)

Medal record

Competitor for Sweden
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	10 km + 10 km combined pursuit
World Championships
Gold	2001 Lahti	15 km
Gold	2001 Lahti	10 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Gold	2003 Val di Fiemme	10 km + 10 km double pursuit
Silver	2001 Lahti	4 x 10 km
Bronze	2003 Val di Fiemme	4 x 10 km

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 is also a pundit and co-commentator for SVT Sport during cross-country championships.^[5]

Elofsson as a pundit for SVT Sport in Oslo 2011

References

↑ Thornéus, Patrik (2005-09-01). "Elofssons nya karriär: gitarrist i ett metalband". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ Burström, Anders and Ek, Torbjörn (2005-10-26). "”Nu lägger jag skidorna på hyllan”" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ "Engagerad" (in Swedish). Swedbank. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ "Charlotte Kalla först i mål i Swedbanks nya satsning" (in Swedish). Swedbank. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ "Per Elofsson SVT:s expert längd-VM På plats i Val di Fiemme" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

External links

Per Elofsson at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Official website (English) & (Swedish)

v t e World champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country

18 km	1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN) 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)

15 km	1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN) 2013: Petter Northug (NOR)

v t e World champions in men's cross-country combined/double pursuit

10 km + 15 km combined	1993: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1995: Vladmir Smirnov (KAZ) 1997: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1999: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)

10 km + 10 km combined	2001: Per Elofsson (SWE)

10 km + 10 km double	2003: Per Elofsson (SWE)

15 km + 15 km double	2005: Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 2007: Axel Teichmann (GER) 2009: Petter Northug (NOR) 2011: Petter Northug (NOR) 2013: Dario Cologna (SUI)

Awards
Preceded by Lars Frölander	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 2001	Succeeded by Susanne Ljungskog

Persondata
Name	Elofsson, Per
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	April 2, 1977
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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