Swedish
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former
cross-country skier
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 ...
who has competed since 1993. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in Turin. Fredriksson's best Olympic finish was at these same Olympics with a tenth in the 50 km event.
Fredriksson has won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; two silvers (15 km and 4 × 10 km: both 2001) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km relay: 2003, 2007). He has 34 victories on the national, FIS, and World Cup levels at various distances since 1993. He won the World Cup in the 2002–03 season.
Fredriksson has a brother,
Thobias Fredriksson
Thobias Fredriksson (born 4 April 1975 in Dals Rostock, Dalsland) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed since 2000. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a gold in the team sprint and a bronze in the individ ...
, at the same professional level. He is married to
Emma Helena Nilsson
Emma-Helena Nilsson (born 1975 in Östersund, Jämtland, Sweden) is a Swedish skier and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Sweden 1999 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1999 pageant speed limit at Dovrefjell in June the same year. Fredriksson retired at the end of the 2012 season. His last competition was the Åre Cross Country Open on 14 April 2012.
In November 2013 he joined
Sveriges Television
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as an expert commentator and studio analyst, covering the FIS Cross-Country World Cup and World Championships.