Mats Larsson Explained

Mats Larsson
Fullname:Ål Mats Arne Larsson
Birth Place:Järna, Vansbro, Sweden
Height:184 cm
Club:Åsarna IK
Seasons:12 – (20002011)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:4
Teamwins:1
Teampodiums:7
Individual Starts:85
Team Starts:24
Wcoveralls:0 – (25th in 2007)
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:yes

Ål Mats Arne Larsson (born 20 March 1980) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has raced since 1999. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay and finished 20th in the 15 km event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.[1]

Larsson won a silver medal in the individual sprint event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. His only career win came in a 15 km event in 2002 in Italy.

In May 2013, he was appointed as a coach for the Swedish national cross-country ski team.[2] His father Gunnar was also an Olympic cross-country skier.[1] [3]

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
24
26
28 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
20
21
22
23 81
24 55 51 33
25 66 29
26 93 85 48
27 25 5311
28 44 57 20 29
29 58 56 37 55
30 50 53 33 19
31 50 93 17

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2006–0714 March 2007 Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup2nd
2 21 March 2007 Stockholm, Sweden 1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
3 2007–081 December 2007 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup3rd
4 2009–1019 March 2010 Falun, Sweden 3.3 km Individual C Stage World Cup2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
1 2003–04 14 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Larsson / Olsson / Högberg
2 22 February 2004 Umeå, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd
3 2005–06 18 December 2005 Canmore, Canada 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C World Cup 3rd Östberg
4 2007–08 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Olsson / Södergren / Hellner
5 2010–1121 November 2010 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1stOlsson / Rickardsson / Hellner
6 5 December 2010 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2nd Jönsson
7 16 January 2011 Liberec, Czech Republic 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2nd Modin

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mats Larsson. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/mats-larsson-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  2. Web site: Hultqvist. Daniel. OS-medaljör in i skidlandslaget. Aftonbladet. 15 February 2015. Swedish. 3 May 2013.
  3. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/m/mats-larsson.html Mats Larsson
  4. Web site: LARSSON Mats . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 13 January 2020.