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Peter Larsson (cross-country Skier)
Peter Larsson (born November 10, 1978, in Luleå, Norrbotten) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He has six World Cup victories from 2002 to 2007, all in sprint events. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Larsson finished 13th in the sprint event. He finished 17th in the sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme 300px, Location of the Fiemme Valley in Trentino. 300px, The Val di Fiemme, german: Fleimstal) is a valley in the Trentino Provinces of Italy">province, i.e. the southern half of the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Regions of Italy, region, in nor .... Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums * 4 victories – (4 ) * 9 podiums – (9 ) Team podiums * 3 victories – (3 ) * 4 podiums – (4 ) References External links * 1978 births Living people Sportsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Luleå Municipality (with a total population of 77,832). Luleå is Sweden's 25th largest city and Norrbotten County's largest city. Luleå has the seventh biggest harbour in Sweden for shipping goods. It has a large steel industry and is a centre for extensive research. It is also home to the Swedish Air Force Wing Norrbotten Wing (F 21) based in Luleå Airport. Luleå University of Technology is one of Sweden's three technology universities (the other two are KTH and Chalmers) and the northernmost university in Sweden. The university has approximately 15,000 students. History The town's Royal charter was granted in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. The original town was situated where Gammelstad (Old Town) is situated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 Kilometre Classical
The Men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 23 February at Soldier Hollow. All skiers started at 30 second intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Olymp ..., who won in Nagano, but he retired after an accident, two years before the Olympics. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 Kilometre Classical Men's cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's Sprint
The men's sprint cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ... competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 was held on 22 February 2007 in the Sapporo Dome. Results Qualification 83 competitors started the qualification race. Quarterfinals Q - Qualified for next round PF - Photo Finish LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times ;Quarterfinal 1 ;Quarterfinal 2 ;Quarterfinal 3 ;Quarterfinal 4 ;Quarterfinal 5 Semifinals ;Semifinal 1 ;Semifinal 2 Finals ; Final A ; Final B References External linksQualification results {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 50 Kilometre Classical
The men's 50 kilometre classical mass start event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place on 4 March 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Results References External linksFinal results International Ski Federation (FIS) {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 50 kilometre classical FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 30 Kilometre Pursuit
The men's 30 kilometre pursuit (15 km classical + 15 km freestyle) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place on 24 February 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Results References External linksFinal results International Ski Federation (FIS) {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 30 kilometre pursuit FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 15 Kilometre Freestyle
The Men's 15 km classical interval start was part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007's events held in Sapporo, Japan. The race went underway on 28 February 2007 at 14:30 CET at Shirahatayama cross-country course in Sapporo. The defending world champion was Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer. - accessed 19 February 2018. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 15 kilometre freestyle FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place 22 February – 4 March 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. It was the second time this city has hosted these championships, having previously done so in the 1972 Winter Olympics. Sapporo was selected as venue by vote at the 43rd FIS World Congress in Portorož, Slovenia, on 6 June 2002. It also marked the third time the championships were hosted outside Europe in a year that did not coincide with the Winter Olympics; it was the first championship held in Asia. The ski jumping team normal hill event was not held, as it had been in 2005. Highlights *The most successful competitor was Finland's Virpi Kuitunen who won three golds (team sprint, 30 km, and 4 x 5 km) and one bronze (individual sprint). *20-year-old Astrid Jacobsen from Norway won three medals in women's cross-country with a gold in the individual sprint and bronzes in the team sprint and 4 x 5 km. *Lars Berger of Norway became the first person to win medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's Team Sprint
The Men's team sprint cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ... competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two, with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1325-metre course. Norway, with Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland, had won the competition at the 2005 Nordic skiing World Championship, the only time it had been skied in the World Championship prior to the Turin games, but that was in free technique. The most recent team sprint event in classic technique had been in Canmore, Alberta, Canmore, Canada, on 18 December 2004. Jens Arne Svartedal and Eldar Rønning won that race for Norway's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 Kilometre Relay
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Cross-country Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 Kilometre Freestyle
The Men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 26 February, at Pragelato. This was the final day of the Games, and the top three finishers were presented their medals as part of the Closing Ceremony. This is the first time in Olympic history that the 50 kilometre race is run as a mass start, where all skiers start at the same time, and the winner of the race is the first to cross the finish line. This is unlike the individual start, where skiers start one by one at 30-second intervals, and the winner is the skier whoever runs the distance the fastest. The 50 kilometre had previously been skied only once as a mass start event at the World Championships, in 2005, with Frode Estil of Norway winning. However, that was in the classical style. The last 50 kilometre freestyle race at a World Championship was in 2003, and Martin Koukal of the Czech Republic won that event. Mikhail Ivanov of Russia was defendin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 Kilometre Pursuit
The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato. Summary The pursuit in this format had been skied three times at the Nordic skiing World Championships, and Frenchman Vincent Vittoz was the reigning World Champion. A pursuit event similar to this was skied at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the gold was shared between Thomas Alsgaard (retired by 2006) and Frode Estil, but the 2002 event 2002 event was a 20 kilometre pursuit, not 30. The event opened dramatically as Estil fell at the start, causing a mass collision. Then the pack kept together almost until the end, with skiers continually trailing off as they could not keep up with the pace. Eventually, five men came into the finishing straight together, after Anders Södergren of Sweden had tried to pull away on the final lap. However, Södergren could not keep up with the pace, and Russian Yevgeny Dementyev pulled away to defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 Kilometre Classical
The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Pietro Piller Cottrer was the 2005 World champion, though he did it in freestyle. The defending Olympic champion was the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu, who won in Salt Lake. There had been three World Cup events in this competition: German Tobias Angerer won the first in November, Vasily Rochev of Russia won in Estonia in January, and Jens Arne Svartedal won in Davos a week and a half before the games. However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds. Results Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 8th, but was disqualified after the IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
