Erik Bjornsen

Erik Bjornsen
Erik Bjornsen at the 2019 World Cup
nation	United States
birthday	14th July 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Winthrop , United States
Career
society	APU Nordic Ski Center
status	active
Medal table
National medals 6 × 4 × 1 ×
American championships silver 2011 Stowe 20 km mass start gold 2013 Midway 15 km freestyle silver 2013 Midway sprint silver 2013 Midway 30 km mass start gold 2014 Kincaid Park 15 km classic silver 2014 Kincaid Park sprint gold 2016 Craftsbury 50 km classic gold 2018 Craftsbury 50 km classic gold 2019 Presque Isle 50 km freestyle gold 2020 Houghton 30 km classic bronze 2020 Houghton 15 km freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 8, 2012  Overall World Cup 50th ( 2017/18 )  Sprint World Cup 42nd (2017/18)  Distance World Cup 36th ( 2018/19 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Stage race 0 0 1
last change: February 4, 2020

Erik Bjornsen (born July 14, 1991 in Winthrop ) is an American cross-country skier .

Career

Until 2014 Bjornsen mainly participated in the Nor-Am Cup and the US Super Tour. He has had 12 victories so far and was able to take second place in the overall ranking of the US Super Tour in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 season (as of the end of the 2018/19 season). At the US cross-country skiing championships in 2011 in Stowe , he won silver in the 20 km mass start race. He ran his first World Cup race in December 2012 in Québec , which he finished with 66th place in the sprint. At the US cross-country skiing championships in Midway in 2013, he won gold once and silver twice. His best results at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme were 48th place over 15 km freestyle and 14th place in the team sprint. In February 2014 he was able to win his first World Cup points with 18th place in Dobbiaco over 15 km classic. At the US cross-country skiing championships in 2014 in Soldier Hollow , he won gold over 15 km classic and silver in the sprint. His best results at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were 11th place in the relay and sixth place in the team sprint. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , his best results were 28th place in the skiathlon and 11th place in the relay. After finishing 46th at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he finished 41st at the Tour de Ski 2016 and 42nd at the Ski Tour Canada . In March 2016 he became the US American champion over 50 km. In the 2016/17 season he finished 57th in the World Cup Mini Tour in Lillehammer and 25th in the World Cup final in Québec . His best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti were 18th place over 15 km classic, tenth place with the relay and fifth place together with Simeon Hamilton in the team sprint. The following season he ran to 26th place in the Ruka Triple and 38th place in the World Cup finals in Falun. His best results at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang were 25th place in the sprint and sixth place together with Simeon Hamilton in the team sprint.

In the 2018/19 season Bjornsen finished 32nd in the Lillehammer Triple and 20th in the World Cup final in Québec. He achieved third place in the pursuit in Lillehammer and reached 52nd place in the overall World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol , he ran on 17th place over 15 km classic, on ninth place with the relay and together with Simeon Hamilton on eighth place in the team sprint. At the beginning of April 2019, he became the US champion in the mass start race over 50 km freestyle in Presque Isle .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	4th January 2013	Midway	15 km freestyle 1	US super tour
2.	April 4, 2013	Truckee	3.1 km freestyle	US super tour
3.	April 8, 2013	Truckee	2 km freestyle mountain pursuit	US super tour
4th	December 15, 2013	Rossland	Sprint freestyle	Nor-Am Cup
5.	4th January 2014	Soldier Hollow	15 km classic 1	US super tour
6th	March 21, 2015	Sun Valley	15 km classic	US super tour
7th	March 22, 2016	Craftsbury	Classic sprint	US super tour
8th.	March 26, 2016	Craftsbury	50 km classic mass start 1	US super tour
9.	March 24, 2018	Craftsbury	15 km freestyle mass start	US super tour
10.	March 28, 2018	Craftsbury	50 km classic mass start 1	US super tour
11.	March 30, 2019	Presque Isle	15 km classic mass start	US super tour
12.	2nd April 2019	Presque Isle	50 km freestyle mass start 1	US super tour
13.	5th January 2020	Houghton	30 km classic mass start 1	US super tour

¹ was also a national championship.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2014 Sochi : 11th place relay, 38th place 15 km classic, 39th place sprint freestyle, 41st place 30 km skiathlon
• 2018 Pyeongchang : 6th place team sprint freestyle, 25th place sprint classic, 41st place 15 km freestyle, 42nd place 30 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 14th place team sprint freestyle, 48th place 15 km freestyle, 51st place sprint classic, 52nd place 50 km classic mass start
• 2015 Falun : 11th place relay, 28th place 30 km skiathlon, 43th place 50 km classic mass start, 47th place 15 km freestyle
• 2017 Lahti : 5th place team sprint classic, 10th place relay, 18th place 15 km classic, 36th place sprint freestyle
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 8th place team sprint classic, 9th place relay, 17th place 15 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	Team c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place						1			1
Top 10			1			1			2	1	3
Scoring		1	11	1		9	9	4th	35	6th	6th
Starts	1	8th	36	3	3	25th	50	11	137	6th	6th
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2013/14	13	133.	13	85.	-	-
2014/15	7th	136.	-	-	7th	82.
2015/16	32	97.	15th	67.	17th	65.
2016/17	57	80.	38	61.	7th	80.
2017/18	121	50.	74	38.	37	42.
2018/19	113	52.	84	36.	7th	79.
2019/20	16	114.	4th	90.	-	-

Web links

• Erik Bjornsen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

• Erik Bjornsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )