# Per Elofsson

Per Eilert Elofsson (born 2 April 1977 in Röbäck, Västerbotten) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Elofsson also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (2001: 15 km, 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit; 2003: 10 km + 10 km double pursuit), one silver (2001: 4 × 10 km relay), and one bronze (2003: 4 × 10 km relay).
He also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2001. This success along with his two golds earned at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti would give Elofsson the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. At the 2002 Swedish Sports Award, he was awarded the prize for Sportsman of the Year.
In 2005 he made an unexpected appearance on the album Grand Illusion by the Heavy metal band Nocturnal Rites, playing guitar on one song.
He retired 26 October 2005 by giving a press conference at Arlanda airport.

## After retirement

In 2007, Elofsson started working as a business developer at Swedbank, giving financial advice to professional athletes. His first client was fellow cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla. He left Swedbank in April 2016.
Elofsson was a pundit and expert commentator for SVT Sport during cross-country championships. During the 2014 Winter Olympics he was employed by Swedish broadcaster Viasat. In November 2014 he left Viasat and joined Eurosport.

## Cross-country skiing results

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

### Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| 1998 | 20 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 4 |
| 2002 | 24 | — | 5 | Bronze | DNF | 17 | — | — |

### World Championships

* 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| 1999 | 21 | 22 | — | 9 | 8 | — | — | 6 |
| 2001 | 23 | — | Gold | Gold | — | 6 | — | Silver |
| 2003 | 25 | — | 12 | Gold | — | 21 | — | Bronze |

### World Cup
#### Season titles

* 2 titles – (2 overall)
| Season |
| Season | Discipline |
| 2001 | Overall |
| 2002 | Overall |

#### Season standings

| Season | Age |
| Season | Age | Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint |
| 1997 | 19 | NC | — | NC | — | — |
| 1998 | 20 | 19 | — | 32 | — | 10 |
| 1999 | 21 | 5 | — | 8 | — | 5 |
| 2000 | 22 | 4 | — | 4 | | 51 |
| 2001 | 23 | | — | — | — | 68 |
| 2002 | 24 | | — | — | — | 63 |
| 2003 | 25 | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 26 | NC | NC | — | — | — |

#### Individual podiums

* 11 victories – (11 WC)
* 23 podiums – (23 WC)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Place | Level | Place |
| 1 | 1997–98 | 11 March 1998 | Falun, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 2 | 1998–99 | 28 November 1998 | Muonio, Finland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 3 | 1998–99 | 12 January 1999 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 4 | 1999–00 | 2 February 2000 | Trondheim, Norway | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 5 | 1999–00 | 16 February 2000 | Ulrichen, Switzerland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 6 | 1999–00 | 20 February 2000 | La Transjurassienne, France | 72 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 7 | 1999–00 | 19 March 2000 | Bormio, Italy | 15 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 8 | 2000–01 | 29 November 2000 | Beitostølen, Norway | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 9 | 2000–01 | 8 December 2000 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 10 | 2000–01 | 16 December 2000 | Brusson, Italy | 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 1st |
| 11 | 2000–01 | 10 February 2001 | Otepää, Estonia | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 12 | 2000–01 | 4 March 2001 | Kavgolovo, Russia | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 13 | 2000–01 | 10 March 2001 | Oslo, Norway | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 14 | 2000–01 | 14 March 2001 | Borlänge, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 15 | 2001–02 | 25 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 16 | 2001–02 | 8 December 2001 | Cogne, Italy | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 17 | 2001–02 | 12 December 2001 | Brusson, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 18 | 2001–02 | 15 December 2001 | Davos, Switzerland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 19 | 2001–02 | 22 December 2001 | Ramsau, Austria | 30 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 1st |
| 20 | 2001–02 | 5 January 2002 | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 1st |
| 21 | 2001–02 | 3 February 2002 | Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
| 22 | 2001–02 | 3 March 2002 | Falun, Sweden | 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 23 | 2002–03 | 18 January 2003 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |

#### Team podiums

* 4 victories – (3 RL, 1 TS)
* 10 podiums – (9 RL, 1 TS)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
| 1 | 1997–98 | 7 December 1997 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Bergström / Mogren / Forsberg |
| 2 | 1997–98 | 11 January 1998 | Ramsau, Austria | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Fredriksson / Jonsson / Mogren |
| 3 | 1997–98 | 10 March 1998 | Falun, Sweden | 10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Fredriksson |
| 4 | 1998–99 | 29 November 1998 | Muonio, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Bergström / Ingesson / Fredriksson |
| 5 | 1998–99 | 19 December 1998 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Bergström / Jonsson / Fredriksson |
| 6 | 1998–99 | 13 March 1999 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Fredriksson / Bergström / Brink |
| 7 | 2000–01 | 18 March 2001 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Lindgren / Fredriksson / Göransson |
| 8 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Lindgren / Fredriksson / Brink |
| 9 | 2001–02 | 16 December 2001 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Lindgren / Fredriksson / Jonsson |
| 10 | 2001–02 | 10 March 2002 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Fredriksson / Södergren / Östberg |