Teodor Anders Peterson (born 1 May 1988 in

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) is a Swedish former cross-country skier that had sprint as his best discipline.

Career

He debuted in the

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on 7 March 2009 in

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in the 2008–09 season. Peterson made his breakthrough in the 2011–12 season. He won the first sprint race of the season, on 25 November 2011 in

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, Finland. The weekend after, in

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, he won the team sprint together with Jesper Modin, representing Sweden. Peterson won his first individual World Cup victory on 2 February 2012 in

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. Peterson also won the overall sprint world cup 2011/2012. Peterson competed for Sweden in

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. He finished in 11th place in the individual sprint and 15th place in the team sprint together with

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. Peterson also competed for Sweden in the World Championships in Oslo 2011 there, he went out in the quarterfinals and finished in 16th place. He won silver in the sprint and a bronze in the sprint relay at the

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in Sochi.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

Season titles

* 1 title – (1 sprint)

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 4 victories – (2 , 2 ) * 12 podiums – (6 , 6 )

Team podiums

* 1 victory – (1 ) * 4 podiums – (4 )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterson, Teodor 1988 births Swedish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden IFK Umeå cross-country skiers Sportspeople from Umeå Living people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen