Elin Ek (cross-country skier) explained

Elin Ek
Fullname:	Elin Maria Ek
Birth Date:	31 August 1973
Birth Place:	By, Dalecarlia, Sweden
Club:	IFK Mora SK
Seasons:	14 – (1994–2007)
Totalpodiums:	0
Teamwins:	0
Teampodiums:	2
Individual Starts:	114
Team Starts:	26
Wcoveralls:	0 – (21st in 2004)
Wctitles:	0

Elin Ek, (born 31 August 1973 in By, Sweden), is a Swedish cross-country skier. She participated at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. Elin won the Tjejvasan in 1999 and 2006.^[1] and the Vasaloppet main women's event in 2007.^[2] She also won the women's Worldloppet in the 2006/2007 season.

She won the Swedish National Championships at the distances of 10 kilometers in 2006, 30 kilometers in 2003 and 2004, and pursuit in 2003 and 2004, skiathlon in 2007 and sprint in 2003. In 2008, she was also part of IFK Mora SK's team, winning the relay event.^[3]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[4]

Olympic Games

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
	24
	28
	32

World Championships

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
	21	—		—	—	40		—
	23	—		—	—	25		—
	27		14	16	24		—	5
	29		17	10	19	16	—	6
	31		—		24	13		8	—

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings					Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint	Tour de Ski
	21
	22	78
	23	39
	24	64				59
	25	47		40		43
	26					—
	27			—
	28	83				—
	29	86				57
	30	29				37
	31	21	18			35
	32	42	34			33
	33	28	22			43
	34					—	—

Team podiums

• 2 podiums – (1, 1)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2001–02	27 November 2001	Kuopio, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Andersson / Dahlberg / Olsson
2	2004–05	15 December 2004	Asiago, Italy	6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	3rd	Dahlberg

External links

• Profile at FIS
• Profil påsports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tjejvasan. Vasaloppet. Swedish. 30 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316193037/http://www.vasaloppet.se/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2015/10/statistik_tjejvasan_sve_2015-10-02.pdf. 16 March 2016.
2. Web site: Vasaloppet. Vasaloppet. Swedish. 30 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307043557/http://www.vasaloppet.se/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2015/10/statistik_vasaloppet_sve_2015-10-02.pdf. 7 March 2016.
3. Web site: Längd damer. Svenska Skidförbundet. Swedish. 30 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103200902/http://old.skidor.com/sv/SvenskaSkidforbundet/Historikochstatistik/Svenskamastare/Langddamer/. 3 November 2014.
4. Web site: EK Elin . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 13 December 2019.