Niklas Jonsson

Niklas Jonsson (born 31 May 1969, in Piteå) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2002. He won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that event, Jonsson started 30 seconds ahead of the gold medal favourite Bjørn Dæhlie. Soon Dæhlie caught up Jonsson, and they were skiing together for most of the distance. Shortly before the finish line, Jonsson escaped, but Dæhlie still finished 20 seconds behind, which was good enough for the gold medal. Jonsson finished second.

Jonsson's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a fourth in the 50 km in 1999. His best finish was third in four different World Cup events from 1993 to 1999.

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

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 silver) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 1992 22 5 13 7 — — 1994 24 30 — 27 — 1998 28 25 10 — Silver 4 2002 32 — 28 36 — 13

World Championships Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 1993 23 — — 30 — 6 1995 25 14 11 — — 4 1997 27 30 23 — — — 1999 29 31 18 15 4 6 2001 31 — — — — —

World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint 1990 20 40 1991 21 30 1992 22 12 1993 23 28 1994 24 11 1995 25 18 1996 26 16 1997 27 24 30 17 1998 28 28 19 38 1999 29 14 9 18 2000 30 27 10 22 — 2001 31 111 — 2002 32 95 —

Individual podiums 4 podiums – (4 )

Team podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 11 podiums – (10 , 1 )