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Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
club from Piteå
Piteå
Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The town has 22,650 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 41,000 in 2008.- Geography :...
in the north of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. In the 2009-10 season three skiers are representing Sweden internationally. The club also has many skiers how skiing on the national level.
The club has two skiers, Magdalena Pajala
Magdalena Pajala
Emma Magdalena Sven-Eriksdotter Pajala is a Swedish cross country skier. She has competed in the World Cup since 2008. In January 2010, Pajala participated in the 2009-10 Tour de Ski and won the sprint event in the Swedish National Championship...
and Jesper Modin
Jesper Modin
Jesper Modin is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the individual sprint event....
, competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
for Sweden.Former skier Magnus Ingesson
Magnus Ingesson
Magnus Ingesson is a Swedish cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and had his best individual finish of 9th in the 15 km event at those same championships.Ingesson's best individual...
from the club are Head coach for the Swedish cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
team in 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
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Current skiers
- Lina AnderssonLina AnderssonLina Andersson is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...
MedalGold 2006 Turin2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
Team sprint,MedalSilver 2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint,MedalSilver 2009 Liberec Cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 Team sprint,MedalBronze2009 Liberec Cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
at the 4 x 5 km. - Johan Westerlund
- Mikael NorbergMikael NorbergMikael Norberg is a Swedish curler.Norberg started playing curling in 1978. He plays in third position as a vice skip and is right-handed.-References:...
- Jesper ModinJesper ModinJesper Modin is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the individual sprint event....
- Magdalena PajalaMagdalena PajalaEmma Magdalena Sven-Eriksdotter Pajala is a Swedish cross country skier. She has competed in the World Cup since 2008. In January 2010, Pajala participated in the 2009-10 Tour de Ski and won the sprint event in the Swedish National Championship...
- Jennie Öberg
- David Hedlund
- Adrian Bergström
- Anna Simberg
Former skiers
- David Flinkfeldt
- Emma Lundbäck
- Susanne Nyström
- Karolina Skoog
- Kina Swidén
- Niklas JonssonNiklas JonssonNiklas Jonsson is a Swedish cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 2002. He won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....
won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
in Nagano. - Urban LindgrenUrban LindgrenUrban Lindgren is a Swedish cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2002. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and finished 14th in the 30 km event at those same championships....
earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships2001 FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsThe FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15–25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland for a record sixth time, previous events being held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978 and 1989...
in LahtiLahtiLahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
. - Magnus IngessonMagnus IngessonMagnus Ingesson is a Swedish cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and had his best individual finish of 9th in the 15 km event at those same championships.Ingesson's best individual...
earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. - Emelie ÖhrstigEmelie Öhrstigthumb|[[Lina Andersson]] and Emelie Öhrstig in [[Piteå]] after the [[2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2005 Oberstdorf]]Emelie Öhrstig is a Swedish cross-country skier who won a gold medal at the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships...
won gold medal in sprint at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships2005 FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsThe FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place February 16-27, 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill returned after not being held in 2003...
in OberstdorfOberstdorfOberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...
. - Larry Poromaa
- Lars Öberg