Marie-Helene Östlund Explained

Marie-Helene Östlund
Birth Date:1966 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Sollefteå, Sweden
Club:Sollefteå Skidor IF
Seasons:10 – (19861995)
Wins:2
Totalpodiums:9
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:4
Individual Starts:60
Team Starts:12
Wcoveralls:0 – (2nd in 1988)
Show-Medals:yes

Marie-Helene Östlund (née Westin, born 14 May 1966), is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. Östlund won a world championship title on the 20 km in Oberstdorf, West Germany, in 1987. For the feat, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with the Swedish ice hockey team. Östlund also won the Jerring Award the same year.[1] She is married to fellow Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund.

In 1994 and 1995, she won Tjejvasan.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
21
25 7
27

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km 
 classical 
 10 km 
 freestyle 
 15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
20 11 11 GoldBronze
22 1314 9 4
24 9 Silver 666
26 11 10 126
28 14 19 14 15Bronze

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
20 28
21 4
22
23 27
24 11
25 4
26 8
27 16
28 20
29 13

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1986–8720 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany 20 km Individual F World Championships 1st
2 15 March 1987 Kavgolovo, Soviet Union 10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
3 1987–8819 December 1987 Reit im Winkl, West Germany 5 km Individual F World Cup3rd
4 15 January 1988 Toblach, Italy 20 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
527 March 1988 Rovaniemi, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st
6 1990–9115 December 1990 Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual C World Cup3rd
7 12 January 1991 Klingenthal, Germany 15 km Individual C World Cup2nd
8 10 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Individual FWorld Championships2nd
9 16 March 1991 Oslo, Norway 5 km Individual F World Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
11986–8717 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany 4 × 5 km Relay F World Championships 3rd Wallin / Lamberg-Skog / Dahlman
21993–9413 March 1994 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Frithioff / Ordina / Frost
31994–9517 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Frithioff / Ordina / Fanqvist
426 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Frithioff / Ordina / Fanqvist
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2008-08-05 . ”Billan” har äntligen packat upp skålen . 2024-04-01 . Sveriges Radio . sv.
  2. Web site: Tjejvasan . Vasloppet . Swedish . 1 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103200622/http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/wcm/connect/daaa3180449c33a99e44ff27c64f5ec4/segrare_TjejVasan_sv3bcd.pdf?MOD=AJPERES . 3 November 2014 .
  3. Web site: OESTLUND WESTIN Marie Helene . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 13 December 2019.