Emelie Öhrstig

Emelie Öhrstig
Emelie Öhrstig
Full name Frida Emelie Öhrstig
Born (1978-02-27) 27 February 1978
Borås, Sweden
Ski club Piteå Elit
World Cup career
Seasons 1998-2006
Individual wins 0
Indiv. podiums 0
Medal record
Women's cross country skiing
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint

Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist. As a cross-country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.[1] She also has eleven additional victories up to 15 km from 2002 to 2005, and her best individual finish in Turin at the 2006 Winter Olympics was 22nd in the individual sprint.

In April 2006 she resigned as a member of the Piteå Elit team and has since been listed on the website for the International Ski Federation as retired.

Along with Per Elofsson, she was an expert commentator for Viasat during 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] Prior to that, she had been an expert commentator at Sveriges Television from 2009, until joining Viasat in 2014.[3]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Team podiums

  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12004–0523 January 2005Italy Pragelato, Italy6 x 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndDahlberg

References

  1. ↑ "Roundup: Russian triumphs in sprint duel" (The New York Times, 23 February 2005) "NORDIC SKIING: Emelie Oehrstig of Sweden claimed gold five days before her 27th birthday, covering the difficult 0.9-kilometer course in 2:15.5. A fellow Swede, Lina Andersson {shown alongside her in appended photograph}, earned silver in 2:16.8, beating Canada's Sara Renner by one-tenth of a second."
  2. ↑ Bohman, Per (4 October 2013). "Hon är Viasats senaste OS-värvning" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Lann, Rikard (14 October 2009). "Emelie Öhrstig blir ny SVT-expert" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "OEHRSTIG Emelie". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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