Jörgen Brink Explained

Jörgen Brink
Fullname:Per Jörgen Brink
Birth Date:10 March 1974
Birth Place:Delsbo, Hälsingland, Sweden
Club:Delsbo IF
Seasons:14 – (19952007, 2011)
Wins:1
Totalpodiums:5
Wcoveralls:0 – (3rd in 2003)
Wctitles:0
Teamwins:2
Teampodiums:4
Individual Starts:106
Team Starts:25
Show-Medals:yes

Jörgen Brink (born March 10, 1974, in Delsbo, Hälsingland) is a retired Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete who has competed since 1994. He earned three bronze medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme (10 km + 10 km double pursuit, 50 km, and 4 × 10 km relay).

Brink's best finish at the Winter Olympics was a 24th in the individual sprint in 2002. He won eleven FIS races from 1995 to 2006 at all distances. On March 7, 2010, he won the 90 km ski marathon race Vasaloppet, beating Daniel Tynell to the finishing line by a very narrow margin. Brink's winning time was 4 hours, 2 minutes and 59 seconds. On March 6, 2011, he won Vasaloppet again, beating Stanislav Řezáč by one second. His winning time was 3 hours, 51 minutes and 51 seconds. In 2012, he set a new Vasaloppet record by 16 seconds, winning at 3 hours, 38 minutes and 41 seconds. It was his third consecutive Vasaloppet win.[1]

On 18 April 2019, he announced his retirement from cross-country skiing.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
28
32

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
27 19
29 Bronze Bronze Bronze
31

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
21
22
23
24
25 86 53
26 62 39 38
27
28 16 8
29 4
30 22 46 8
31 30 13
32 58 52 41
33 45
37

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2001–0213 March 2002 Oslo, Norway 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup2nd
2 2002–0312 January 2003 Otepää, Estonia 30 km Mass Start C World Cup1st
3 12 February 2003 Reit im Winkl, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup2nd
4 22 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F World Cup3rd
5 2003–045 March 2004 Lahti, Finland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup2rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
11998–9929 November 1998 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup1st
2 2001–02 27 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2ndLindgren / Fredriksson / Elofsson
32002–0323 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup1stCarlsson / Fredriksson / Södergren
4 2003–04 22 February 2004 Umeå, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rdLarsson / Högberg / Fredriksson

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historiska segrare. Vasaloppet. 2. Swedish. 24 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Jörgen Brink slutar. SVT Sport. Swedish. 18 April 2019. 18 April 2019.
  3. Web site: BRINK Joergen . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 13 January 2020.