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.
| Emelie Öhrstig | |||||||||||||||
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 Emelie Öhrstig | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Frida Emelie Öhrstig | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1978 Borås, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Piteå Elit | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8 – (1998, 2000–2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 2005 & 2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] Since August 2014, Öhrstig has been an employee at Volvo Cars. As of 2017, she is currently a director of customer experience and retail for the Swedish market.[4]
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]
Olympic Games
edit| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 28 | 47 | — | — | 22 | — | — |
World Championships
edit- 1 medal – (1 gold)
| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km classical |
Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — |
| 2005 | 27 | — | — | — | — | Gold | — | 9 |
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | ||
| 1998 | 20 | NC | — | NC | — | — |
| 2000 | 22 | 71 | — | NC | — | 51 |
| 2001 | 23 | 89 | — | — | — | 62 |
| 2002 | 24 | 88 | — | — | — | 61 |
| 2003 | 25 | 36 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 2004 | 26 | 31 | NC | — | — | 11 |
| 2005 | 27 | 25 | NC | — | — | 9 |
| 2006 | 28 | 25 | — | — | — | 9 |
Team podiums
edit- 1 podium – (1 TS)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004–05 | 23 January 2005 |  Pragelato, Italy |
6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | Dahlberg |
References
edit- ^ ""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 earned silver in 2:16.8, beating Canada's Sara Renner by one-tenth of a second."". The New York Times. 23 February 2005. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Bohman, Per (4 October 2013). "Hon är Viasats senaste OS-värvning". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Lann, Rikard (14 October 2009). "Emelie Öhrstig blir ny SVT-expert" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Eriksson, Carl-Fredrik (14 January 2018). "Här är skidstjärnans nya karriär hos Volvo". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "OEHRSTIG Emelie Achim". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External links
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Media related to Emelie Öhrstig at Wikimedia Commons- Emelie Oehrstig at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Emelie Öhrstig at IMDb
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