Elin Nilsen

Elin Nilsen (born 12 August 1968) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2004. She won three silver medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998). Her best individual Olympic finish was fourth in the 30 km event in both in 1992 and 1998.

Nilsen also won five 4 × 5 km relay medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships with three silvers (1995, 1997, 2001) and two bronzes (1991, 1993). Her best individual finish at the World Championships was fourth in the 15 km event in 1999.

Nilsen won four races in career at all levels from 1994 to 2002

She represented Bossmo & Ytteren IL.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 3 medals – (3 silver) Year Age 5 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 4 × 5 km relay 1992 23 10 — 5 4 Silver 1994 25 12 13 12 — Silver 1998 29 — — — 4 Silver

World Championships 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay 1991 22 — 15 — 19 Bronze 1993 24 16 — 13 13 Bronze 1995 26 — — — 7 Silver 1997 28 — 7 — — Silver 1999 30 16 4 — 4 2001 32 — — — — Silver

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint 1989 20 1990 21 23 1991 22 19 1992 23 5 1993 24 18 1994 25 17 1995 26 11 1997 28 14 7 27 1998 29 13 12 16 1999 30 14 15 19 2000 31 23 14 19 46 2001 32 37 — 2002 33 39 —

Individual podiums

3 podiums

Team podiums

2 victories 24 podiums

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.