Elin Nilsen

Elin Nilsen
nation	Norway
birthday	August 12, 1968
place of birth	Mo i Rana,  Norway
Career
society	Bossmo and Ytteren IL
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 3 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 3 × 2 × National medals 8 × 8 × 8 ×
winter Olympics silver 1992 Albertville Season silver 1994 Lillehammer Season silver 1998 Nagano Season  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1991 Val di Fiemme Season bronze 1993 Falun Season silver 1995 Thunder Bay Season silver 1997 Trondheim Season silver 2001 Lahti Season  Norwegian championships bronze 1990 10 km gold 1992 10 km gold 1992 15 km bronze 1992 5 km silver 1993 5 km bronze 1993 10 km bronze 1993 30 km gold 1994 15 km silver 1995 10 km silver 1995 30 km gold 1997 15 km bronze 1997 Season gold 1998 5 km silver 1998 10 km silver 1998 30 km gold 1999 15 km gold 1999 30 km silver 1999 10 km bronze 1999 5 km silver 2000 Vang 5 km silver 2001 Steinkjer 30 km bronze 2001 Steinkjer 15 km gold 2002 Vang 30 km bronze 2004 Savalen 30 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 14, 1990  Overall World Cup 5. ( 1991/92 )  Sprint World Cup 16. ( 1997/98 )  Distance World Cup 7. ( 1996/97 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 0 1 2
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
Debut in the Cup February 10, 2002  Worldloppet Cup victories 1 ( details )  Overall rating 2. ( 2002 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single race 1 1 0

Elin Nilsen (born August 12, 1968 in Mo i Rana ) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who was active from 1990 to 2004.

At the Olympic Games and World Championships she won a total of six silver and two bronze medals, all with the Norwegian relay. It was never enough to win. Her best result in an individual Olympic race was fourth place in the 30-kilometer race in 1992 and 1998. Nilsen's best individual result in a world championship race in 1999 was fourth place over 15 kilometers.

In the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Nilsen was also never win a single race. In the 1991/92 season she reached a second place and was fifth overall. In the 2001/02 season she started in the cross-country skiing marathon cup . She won the Tartu Maraton and finished second in the Transjurassienne and came second in the overall marathon cup ranking.

Elin Nilsen is also the record winner of the traditional Norwegian fun run Skarverennet. She won the competition a total of thirteen times (1988–1992 and 1998–2006, canceled in 2003) and thus set an unattainable mark, especially since she was undefeated in eight consecutive editions.

successes

Olympic games

• 1992 in Albertville : Silver with the relay
• 1994 in Lillehammer : Silver with the relay
• 1998 in Nagano : Silver with the relay

World championships

• 1991 in Val di Fiemme : bronze with the relay
• 1993 in Falun : Bronze with the relay
• 1995 in Thunder Bay : Silver with the relay
• 1997 in Trondheim : Silver with the relay
• 2001 in Lahti : Silver with the relay

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Long distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1989/90	16	23.	-	-	-	-
1990/91	23	19th	-	-	-	-
1991/92	98	5.	-	-	-	-
1992/93	155	18th	-	-	-	-
1993/94	170	17th	-	-	-	-
1994/95	283	11.	-	-	-	-
1995/96	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	203	14th	109	7th	58	27.
1997/98	214	13.	98	12.	116	16.
1998/99	264	14th	116	15th	133	19th
1999/2000	213	23.	82 117	14 19 1	14th	46.
2000/01	95	37.	-	-	-	-
2001/02	96	39.	-	-	-	-

¹ Middle distance world cup

Web links

• Elin Nilsen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Elin Nilsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )