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Teodor Peterson

b. 1988

Swedish cross-country skier

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About Teodor Peterson

Born 1988. Teodor Peterson is a Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete.

Teodor Anders Peterson (born 1 May 1988 in Umeå) is a Swedish former cross-country skier that had sprint as his best discipline.

Career He debuted in the World Cup on 7 March 2009 in Lahti in the 2008–09 season.

Peterson made his breakthrough in the 2011–12 season. He won the first sprint race of the season, on 25 November 2011 in Ruka, Finland. The weekend after, in Düsseldorf, he won the team sprint together with Jesper Modin, representing Sweden.

Peterson won his first individual World Cup victory on 2 February 2012 in Moscow.

Peterson also won the overall sprint world cup 2011/2012.

Peterson competed for Sweden in 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He finished in 11th place in the individual sprint and 15th place in the team sprint together with Marcus Hellner. Peterson also competed for Sweden in the World Championships in Oslo 2011 there, he went out in the quarterfinals and finished in 16th place.

He won silver in the sprint and a bronze in the sprint relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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

Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 21 — — — 11 — 15 2014 25 — — — Silver — Bronze 2018 29 — — — 9 — —

World Championships Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2011 22 — — — 16 — — 2013 24 — — — 15 — — 2015 26 — — — 7 — 9 2017 28 — — — 24 — 8 2019 30 — — — 46 — —

Season titles 1 title – (1 sprint) SeasonDiscipline2012 Sprint

Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 2009 21 98 53 — 58 2010 22 36 12 43 2011 23 82 — 42 — — — 2012 24 12 50 41 2013 25 31 4 66 — 2014 26 19 4 81 — 33 2015 27 109 55 72 — 2016 28 36 12 47 44 2017 29 28 92 12 24 — 31 2018 30 44 15 54 — 52 2019 31 47 87 24 27 2020 32 38 12 —

Individual podiums 4 victories – (2 , 2 ) 12 podiums – (6 , 6 )

Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 4 podiums – (4 )

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Who is Teodor Peterson?

Swedish cross-country skier

When was Teodor Peterson born?

Teodor Peterson was born on 1 May 1988 in Umeå.

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Teodor Peterson is a cross-country skier and biathlete.

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Teodor Peterson is Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Teodor Peterson

· Wikidata: Q132158

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