Johan Ulsson [1] ( Swede. Johan Olsson ; born March 19, 1980 , Skultuna , Westmanland ) - Swedish skier , two-time Olympic champion in relay (2010 and 2014), two-time world champion. In total, during his career he won six medals at the Olympic Games and eight at world championships.
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| Birth name | Swede. Johan olsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 19, 1980 (39 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Skultuna , Westmanland , Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 68 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Aasarna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | competes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  Γ 2,  Γ 1,  Γ 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Γ 2, Γ 4, Γ 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Cup debut | December 8, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup Victories | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best position in World Cup | 14 ( 2008/09 , 2011/12 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remote Views | 7 ( 2008/09 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He completed his career in the spring of 2017.
Content
- 1 Sports career
- 2 family
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Sports career
Ulsson has been participating in junior skiing competitions since 1998 . In 2001 he made his debut in adult competitions.
Thrice participated in the Olympic Games. At the Turin Olympics in 2006, he won a bronze medal in the 4 Γ 10 km relay , and took 6th place in the 15 km race. At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, he first became the Olympic champion in the relay . In the 30 km race (15 + 15), he was the first to compete for a long time, with a maximum separation of 25 seconds from the group of pursuers, but did not hold the lead and eventually took third place. In the final 50 km race, Olsson was also third. At the finish line, a fight broke out between him and the Swiss Dario Cologna when Cologna tried to catch up with Ulsson on a bend before the final straight. But at that very moment, the Colony fell, and Ulsson thus won the bronze. In 2014, in Olympic Sochi, Ulsson became the Olympic champion in relay for the second time in his career, and also won a silver medal in the 15 km classic race .
Since 2005, he participated in world championships 6 times. The first medal - silver Ulsson won as part of the relay four at the 2011 World Championships in Holmenkollen . At the next championship in 2013, for the first time he became the world champion in the distance of 50 km classics, and also won two silver medals in the relay and in the 15 km race in free style. In 2015, in Falun, he became the world champion for the second time this time at a distance of 15 km in free style , in the appendage he won another silver in the relay and bronze in the mass start at 50 km with a classic .
He made his world Cup debut on December 8, 2001 . He has 5 individual victories and one in the relay. The best result in the overall standings of the Cup - 14th place in the seasons 2008/09 and 2011/12 .
Family
Johan's wife is Swedish skier Anna Ulsson (Dahlberg), 2006 Olympic champion.
Notes
- β In the Russian-language media, the Olsson version is often found that does not correspond to the actual pronunciation of the name (an example can be heard on Forvo ).
Links
- Johan Ulsson - statistics on the FIS website
- Johan Ulsson - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com