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Swedish cross-country skier
Jan Ottosson
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Country
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Sweden
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Full name
| Jan Bo Ottosson
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Born
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1960-03-10
)
10 March 1960
(age 64)
Hogsater
, Sweden
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Ski club
| Asarna IK
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Seasons
| 13 ? (
1982
?
1994
)
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Starts
| 75
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Podiums
| 5
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Wins
| 1
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Overall titles
| 0 ? (7th in
1982
)
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Jan Ottosson
(born 10 March 1960 in
Hogsater
,
Dalsland
) is a former
Swedish
cross-country skier
. A national team skier, he also represented
Asarna IK
during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won two gold medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
Winter Olympics
(1984 and 1988), providing some of the most iconic and impressive legs of Swedish Olympic history. Additionally, he finished sixth in the 50 km event at the
1988 Winter Olympics
, sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991
Nordic skiing World Championships
, won eight individual Swedish championships, and won ten Swedish championship gold medals in the relays. Ottosson in best known is for winning the
Vasaloppet
four times in (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994). After his active career with the Asarnas squad, Ottosson now works as an official on the Bergs ski center. Currently, Ottosson runs his own Vasaloppet training program, where the former champion helps others prepare for the race. Ottosson also owns a state-of-the-art ski grinding machine and a ski waxing business which the former champion uses to perfect patrons' skis for Vasaloppet race conditions.
Cross-country skiing results
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All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS)
.
[1]
Olympic Games
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World Championships
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Year
|
Age
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10 km
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15 km
classical
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15 km
freestyle
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Pursuit
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30 km
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50 km
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4 × 10 km
relay
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1982
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21
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?
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9
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?
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?
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?
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?
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5
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1987
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26
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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10
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?
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1989
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28
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?
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?
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19
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?
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12
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?
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?
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1991
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30
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?
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?
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6
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?
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?
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7
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?
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1993
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32
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?
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?
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?
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?
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15
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10
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6
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World Cup
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Season standings
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Individual podiums
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No.
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Season
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Date
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Location
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Race
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Level
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Place
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1
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1982?83
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14 January 1983
|
Reit im Winkl
, West Germany
|
15 km Individual
|
World Cup
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1st
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2
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1983?84
|
16 December 1983
|
Ramsau
, Austria
|
30 km Individual
|
World Cup
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3rd
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3
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1984?85
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3 March 1985
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Lahti
, Finland
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50 km Individual
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World Cup
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2nd
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4
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1987?88
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19 December 1987
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Davos
, Switzerland
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15 km Individual C
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World Cup
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3rd
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5
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1990?91
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9 March 1991
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Falun
, Sweden
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30 km Individual F
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World Cup
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3rd
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Team podiums
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Note:
1
Until the
1994 Winter Olympics
, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
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- ^
"OTTOSSON Jan"
.
FIS-Ski
. International Ski Federation
. Retrieved
14 January
2020
.
External links
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- 1936
:
Sulo Nurmela
,
Klaes Karppinen
,
Matti Lahde
,
Kalle Jalkanen
(
FIN
)
- 1948
:
Nils Ostensson
,
Nils Tapp
,
Gunnar Eriksson
,
Martin Lundstrom
(
SWE
)
- 1952
:
Heikki Hasu
,
Paavo Lonkila
,
Urpo Korhonen
,
Tapio Makela
(
FIN
)
- 1956
:
Fyodor Terentyev
,
Pavel Kolchin
,
Nikolay Anikin
,
Vladimir Kuzin
(
URS
)
- 1960
:
Toimi Alatalo
,
Eero Mantyranta
,
Vaino Huhtala
,
Veikko Hakulinen
(
FIN
)
- 1964
:
Karl-Ake Asph
,
Sixten Jernberg
,
Janne Stefansson
,
Assar Ronnlund
(
SWE
)
- 1968
:
Odd Martinsen
,
Pal Tyldum
,
Harald Grønningen
,
Ole Ellefsæter
(
NOR
)
- 1972
:
Vladimir Voronkov
,
Yuri Skobov
,
Fyodor Simashev
,
Vyacheslav Vedenin
(
URS
)
- 1976
:
Matti Pitkanen
,
Juha Mieto
,
Pertti Teurajarvi
,
Arto Koivisto
(
FIN
)
- 1980
:
Vasily Rochev
,
Nikolay Bazhukov
,
Yevgeny Belyayev
,
Nikolay Zimyatov
(
URS
)
- 1984
:
Thomas Wassberg
,
Benny Kohlberg
,
Jan Ottosson
,
Gunde Svan
(
SWE
)
- 1988
:
Jan Ottosson
,
Thomas Wassberg
,
Gunde Svan
,
Torgny Mogren
(
SWE
)
- 1992
:
Terje Langli
,
Vegard Ulvang
,
Kristen Skjeldal
,
Bjørn Dæhlie
(
NOR
)
- 1994
:
Maurilio De Zolt
,
Marco Albarello
,
Giorgio Vanzetta
,
Silvio Fauner
(
ITA
)
- 1998
:
Sture Sivertsen
,
Erling Jevne
,
Bjørn Dæhlie
,
Thomas Alsgaard
(
NOR
)
- 2002
:
Anders Aukland
,
Frode Estil
,
Kristen Skjeldal
,
Thomas Alsgaard
(
NOR
)
- 2006
:
Fulvio Valbusa
,
Giorgio Di Centa
,
Pietro Piller Cottrer
,
Cristian Zorzi
(
ITA
)
- 2010
:
Daniel Rickardsson
,
Johan Olsson
,
Anders Sodergren
,
Marcus Hellner
(
SWE
)
- 2014
:
Lars Nelson
,
Daniel Rickardsson
,
Johan Olsson
,
Marcus Hellner
(
SWE
)
- 2018
:
Didrik Tønseth
,
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
,
Simen Hegstad Kruger
,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
(
NOR
)
- 2022
:
Aleksey Chervotkin
,
Alexander Bolshunov
,
Denis Spitsov
,
Sergey Ustiugov
(
ROC
)
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