Per Elofsson

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.

Per Elofsson
Per Elofsson at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Country	Sweden
Full name	Per Eilert Elofsson
Born	2 April 1977 Röbäck, Sweden
Ski club	IFK Umeå
World Cup career
Seasons	1997–2004
Individual wins	11
Team wins	4
Indiv. podiums	23
Team podiums	10
Indiv. starts	65
Team starts	17
Overall titles	2 – (2001, 2002)
Discipline titles	0
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 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit World Championships 2001 Lahti 15 km classical 2001 Lahti 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km + 10 km double pursuit 2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay Junior World Championships 1996 Asiago 10 km classical 1997 Canmore 30 km freestyle 1996 Asiago 30 km freestyle 1996 Asiago 4 × 10 km relay

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 economic 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
1998	20	—	N/A	—	10	—	N/A	4
2002	24	N/A	5	Bronze	DNF	17	—	—

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
1999	21	22	N/A	9	8	—	N/A	6
2001	23	N/A	Gold	Gold	—	6	—	Silver
2003	25	N/A	12	Gold	—	21	—	Bronze

Season titles

• 2 titles – (2 overall)

Season
	Discipline
2001	Overall
2002	Overall

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1997	19	NC	N/A	NC	N/A	—
1998	20	19	N/A	32	N/A	10
1999	21	5	N/A	8	N/A	5
2000	22	4	N/A	4		51
2001	23		N/A	N/A	N/A	68
2002	24		N/A	N/A	N/A	63
2003	25	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2004	26	NC	NC	N/A	N/A	—

Individual podiums

• 11 victories – (11 WC)
• 23 podiums – (23 WC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Place	Level	Place
1	1997–98	11 March 1998	Falun, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
2	1998–99	28 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
3		12 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	30 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
4	1999–00	2 February 2000	Trondheim, Norway	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
5		16 February 2000	Ulrichen, Switzerland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
6		20 February 2000	La Transjurassienne, France	72 km Mass Start F	World Cup	2nd
7		19 March 2000	Bormio, Italy	15 km Pursuit F	World Cup	3rd
8	2000–01	29 November 2000	Beitostølen, Norway	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
9		8 December 2000	Santa Caterina, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
10		16 December 2000	Brusson, Italy	10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	1st
11		10 February 2001	Otepää, Estonia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
12		4 March 2001	Kavgolovo, Russia	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
13		10 March 2001	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
14		14 March 2001	Borlänge, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
15	2001–02	25 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
16		8 December 2001	Cogne, Italy	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
17		12 December 2001	Brusson, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
18		15 December 2001	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
19		22 December 2001	Ramsau, Austria	30 km Mass Start F	World Cup	1st
20		5 January 2002	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	1st
21		3 February 2002	Lahti, Finland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
22		3 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F	World Cup	3rd
23	2002–03	18 January 2003	Nové Město, Czech Republic	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd

Team podiums

• 4 victories – (3 RL, 1 TS)
• 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1997–98	7 December 1997	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Bergström / Mogren / Forsberg
2		11 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Fredriksson / Jonsson / Mogren
3		10 March 1998	Falun, Sweden	10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Fredriksson
4	1998–99	29 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Bergström / Ingesson / Fredriksson
5		19 December1998	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Bergström / Jonsson / Fredriksson
6		13 March 1999	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Fredriksson / Bergström / Brink
7	2000–01	18 March 2001	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Lindgren / Fredriksson / Göransson
8	2001–02	27 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Lindgren / Fredriksson / Brink
9		16 December 2001	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Lindgren / Fredriksson / Jonsson
10		10 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Fredriksson / 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.

External links

Media related to Per Elofsson at Wikimedia Commons

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