Elin Nilsen Explained

Elin Nilsen
Birth Date:12 August 1968
Birth Place:Mo i Rana, Norway
Club:Bossmo & Ytteren IL
Seasons:13 – (19891995, 19972002)
Wins:0
Teamwins:2
Totalpodiums:3
Teampodiums:24
Individual Starts:113
Team Starts:34
Wcoveralls:0 – (5th in 1992)
Wctitles:0

Elin Nilsen (born 12 August 1968) is a former Norwegian 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

 Year   Age   5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
23 Silver
25
29

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
22 15 19Bronze
24 16 13 13Bronze
26 7Silver
28 7 Silver
30 16 4 4
32 Silver

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint
20
21 23
22 19
23 5
24 18
25 17
26 11
28 147 27
29 13 12 16
30 14 15 19
31 23 14 19 46
32 37
33 39

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1991–92 14 December 1991 Thunder Bay, Canada 5 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
211 January 1992 Cogne, Italy 30 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
3  1996–97 15 March 1997 Oslo, Norway 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1  1989–90 11 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Hegge
2  1990–91 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
310 March 1991 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
4 15 March 1991 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 1st Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Pedersen
5  1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 2nd Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
6 8 March 1992 Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup 1st Pedersen / Nybråten / Dybendahl-Hartz
7  1992–93 26 February 1993 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Moen
8  1993–94 22 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Moen
9  1994–95 29 January 1995 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Moen / Dybendahl-Hartz / Martinsen
107 February 1995 Hamar, Norway 4 × 3 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Martinsen / Dybendahl-Hartz
1112 February 1995 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Mikkelsplass / Nybråten / Moen
1217 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Mikkelsplass / Nybråten / Moen
1326 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Dybendahl-Hartz / Nybråten / Mikkelsplass
14  1996–97 28 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Martinsen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
159 March 1997 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Dybendahl-Hartz / Sorkmo
1616 March 1997 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
17  1997–98 6 March 1998 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Martinsen / Mikkelsplass / Dybendahl-Hartz
18  1998–99 29 November 1998 Muonio, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Martinsen / Moen / Sorkmo
1910 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Sorkmo / Moen / Martinsen
2021 March 1999 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd
21  1999–00 28 November 1999 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Martinsen / Pedersen / Moen
2219 December 1999 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd
2313 January 2000 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Moen / Martinsen / Sorkmo
24  2000–01 9 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 3 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Bay / Skari / Pedersen
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Elin Nilsen . 16 July 2010. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129013745/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/elin-nilsen-1.html . 29 January 2010 .
  2. Web site: NILSEN Elin . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 14 December 2019.