Elin Nilsen

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Elin Nilsen
CountryFile:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Born (1968-08-12) 12 August 1968 (age 56)
Mo i Rana, Norway
Ski clubBossmo & Ytteren IL
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (1989–1995, 1997–2002)
Indiv. starts113
Indiv. podiums3
Indiv. wins0
Team starts34
Team podiums24
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (5th in 1992)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Albertville 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Trondheim 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Falun 4 × 5 km relay

Elin Nilsen (born 12 August 1968) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2004. She won three silver medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998). Her best individual Olympic finish was fourth in the 30 km event in both in 1992 and 1998. Nilsen also won five 4 × 5 km relay medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships with three silvers (1995, 1997, 2001) and two bronzes (1991, 1993). Her best individual finish at the World Championships was fourth in the 15 km event in 1999. Nilsen won four races in career at all levels from 1994 to 2002 She represented Bossmo & Ytteren IL.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (3 silver)
 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1992 23 10 — 5 4 Silver
1994 25 12 13 12 — Silver
1998 29 — — — 4 Silver

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1991 22 — 15 — — 19 — Bronze
1993 24 16 — — 13 13 — Bronze
1995 26 — — — — 7 — Silver
1997 28 — — 7 — — — Silver
1999 30 16 — 4 DNF — — 4
2001 32 — — — — CNX[a] — Silver
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1989 20 NC — — — —
1990 21 23 — — — —
1991 22 19 — — — —
1992 23 5 — — — —
1993 24 18 — — — —
1994 25 17 — — — —
1995 26 11 — — — —
1997 28 14 — 7 — 27
1998 29 13 — 12 — 16
1999 30 14 — 15 — 19
2000 31 23 — 14 19 46
2001 32 37 — — — —
2002 33 39 — — — —

Individual podiums

  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1991–92  14 December 1991 Canada Thunder Bay, Canada 5 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
2 11 January 1992 Italy Cogne, Italy 30 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
3  1996–97  15 March 1997 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

  • 2 victories
  • 24 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1989–90  11 March 1990 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Hegge
2  1990–91  15 February 1991 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
3 10 March 1991 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
4 15 March 1991 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Pedersen
5  1991–92  18 February 1992 France Albertville, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games[1] 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
6 8 March 1992 Sweden Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 1st Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
7  1992–93  26 February 1993 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Moen
8  1993–94  22 February 1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games[1] 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Moen
9  1994–95  29 January 1995 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Moen / Dybendahl-Hartz / Martinsen
10 7 February 1995 Norway Hamar, Norway 4 × 3 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Martinsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
11 12 February 1995 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Mikkelsplass / Nybråten / Moen
12 17 March 1995 Canada Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 2nd Mikkelsplass / Nybråten / Moen
13 26 March 1995 Japan Sapporo, Japan 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Mikkelsplass
14  1996–97  28 February 1997 Norway Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 2nd Martinsen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
15 9 March 1997 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Dybendahl-Hartz / Sorkmo
16 16 March 1997 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
17  1997–98  6 March 1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
18  1998–99  29 November 1998 Finland Muonio, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Martinsen / Moen / Sorkmo
19 10 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Sorkmo / Moen / Martinsen
20 21 March 1999 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Glomsås / Moen
21  1999–00  28 November 1999 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Martinsen / Pedersen / Moen
22 19 December 1999 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Moen / Glomsås / Martinsen
23 13 January 2000 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Moen / Martinsen / Sorkmo
24  2000–01  9 December 2000 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 3 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bay / Skari / Pedersen

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elin Nilsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "NILSEN Elin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

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