Emil Jönsson
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| Full name | Karl Emil Jönsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 August 1985 Årsunda, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | IFK Mora SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2004– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emil Jönsson during a World Cup event in Quebec City, in December 2012. He won the event.
Emil Jönsson (born 15 August 1985) is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the individual sprint event.
He has twelve World Cup victories, all in sprint events, since 2008. He won the FIS Cross-Country Sprint World Cup in 2009–10 and 2010–11.[1]
He won bronze in the sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
World Cup podiums
- Only individual[1]
| Place | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 21 March 2007 |  Stockholm | Sprint C |
| 2nd | 1 December 2007 |  Kuusamo | Sprint C |
| 1st | 26 January 2008 |  Canmore | Sprint F |
| 3rd | 27 February 2008 | Stockholm | Sprint C |
| 3rd | 5 March 2008 |  Drammen | Sprint C |
| 1st | 16 January 2009 | Whistler | Sprint C |
| 3rd | 13 March 2009 |  Valdidentro | Sprint F |
| 1st | 17 January 2010 |  Otepää | Sprint C |
| 1st | 6 February 2010 | Canmore | Sprint C |
| 1st | 11 March 2010 | Drammen | Sprint C |
| 1st | 4 December 2010 |  Düsseldorf | Sprint F |
| 1st | 12 December 2010 |  Davos | Sprint F |
| 1st | 20 February 2011 | Drammen | Sprint F |
| 1st | 13 March 2011 | Lahti | Sprint C |
| 3rd | 11 December 2011 | Davos | Sprint F |
| 1st | 4 March 2012 | Lahti | Sprint C |
| 1st | 8 December 2012 | Québec | Sprint F |
| 1st | 15 December 2012 | Canmore | Sprint F |
| 1st | 9 March 2013 | Lahti | Sprint F |
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Personal life
Jönsson's girlfriend is fellow skier and olympic medalist Anna Haag. They spend their time between Östersund and Davos.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Biography of Emil Jönsson". FIS. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ↑ "Älskar livet i Davos – och nya sportbilen" (in Swedish). Idrottens Affärer. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
External links
- Official website (Swedish)
- Emil Jönsson at the International Ski Federation
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