Elin Ek (cross-country skier)

Elin Ek
Elin Ek skiing towards her 2007 Vasaloppet main women's competition victory
Born (1973-08-31)31 August 1973
By, Sweden
Ski club IFK Mora

Elin Ek, (born 31 August 1973 in By, Sweden), is a Swedish cross-country skier. She participated at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. Elin won the Tjejvasan in 1999 and 2006.[1] and the Vasaloppet main women's event in 2007.[2] She also won the women's Worldloppet in the 2006/2007 season.

She won the Swedish national championships at the distances of 10 kilometers in 2006, 30 kilometers in 2003 and 2004, and pursuit in 2003 and 2004, skiathlon in 2007 and sprint in 2003. In 2008, she was also part of IFK Mora's team, winning the relay event.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Längd damer" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2013.


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