Piteå Elit is a

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club from

Piteå Piteå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River (), at the shore of ...

in northern

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. In the 2011-12 season, three skiers represented Sweden internationally. The club also has many skiers now skiing on the national level. The club had two skiers, Magdalena Pajala and Jesper Modin, competing in the

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for Sweden. Former skier Magnus Ingesson from the club was the head coach for the Swedish cross-country skiing team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On May 6, 2012,

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (; born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish retired Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. A four-time Olympian, Kalla won three golds and nine medals overall at the Olympics between 2004 and 2022. She holds the joint r ...

joined Piteå Elit, for which she would compete starting with the 2012/13 season.
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Current skiers

* Jonna Sundling *

* Mia Eriksson * Magdalena Pajala * Jennie Öberg * Emma Sjölander * Ebba Andersson * Johan Westerlund *Mikael Norberg * Jesper Modin * Karl Edenroth * Mikael Norberg *

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Former skiers

* Lina Andersson MedalGold

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cross-country skiing at the

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Team sprint, MedalSilver 2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint, MedalSilver 2009 Liberec cross-country skiing at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 () took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either in the Czech Republic or in Czechoslovakia, having done so at J ...

Team sprint, MedalBronze 2009 Liberec cross-country skiing at the 4 x 5 km. *

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* Emma Lundbäck *

Susanne Nyström Susanne Nyström, born 29 December 1982 in Laisvall, Sweden is a Swedish female cross-country skier and nurse. She competed for Laisvalls SK, having competed for clubs like IFK Mora SK, Arvidsjaur Ski Team] Luleå Gjutarens IF and Piteå Elit ...

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Niklas Jonsson Niklas Jonsson (born 31 May 1969, in Piteå) is a Sweden, Swedish cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2002. He won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano. At ...

won the silver medal in the 50 km at the

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in Nagano. *

Urban Lindgren Urban Lindgren (born 18 April 1973 in Morjärv, Norrbotten) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2002. He earned a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and finis ...

earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the

2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15–25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland, for a record sixth time, previous events having been held in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926, 1926, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938, ...

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. * Magnus Ingesson earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. * Emelie Öhrstig won gold medal in sprint at the

2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003 2 ...

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in German ...

. * Larry Poromaa *Lars Öberg

References

External links

Piteå Elit's homepage http://www.piteaelit.se/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitea Elit Sport in Piteå Sports clubs and teams in Norrbotten County Cross-country skiing clubs in Sweden