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, being upgraded from fourth place in 2004, after Spain's Johann Mühlegg got stripped of his gold medal due to the use of darboepotine.

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.

He retired 26 October 2005 by giving a press conference at Arlanda airport.

After retirement In 2007, Elofsson started working as a business developer at Swedbank, giving financial advice to professional athletes. His first client was fellow cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla. He left Swedbank in April 2016.

Elofsson was a pundit and expert commentator for SVT Sport during cross-country championships. During the 2014 Winter Olympics he was employed by Swedish broadcaster Viasat. In November 2014 he left Viasat and joined Eurosport.

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

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 1998 20 — — 10 — 4 2002 24 5 Bronze 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 9 8 — 6 2001 23 Gold Gold — 6 — Silver 2003 25 12 Gold — 21 — Bronze

World Cup Season titles 2 titles – (2 overall)

Season standings Season Age OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint 1997 19 — 1998 20 19 32 10 1999 21 5 8 5 2000 22 4 4 51 2001 23 68 2002 24 63 2003 25 24 — 2004 26 —

Individual podiums 11 victories – (11 ) 23 podiums – (23 )

Team podiums 4 victories – (3 , 1 ) 10 podiums – (9 , 1 )