Fredrik Balkåsen

Fredrik Balkåsen
Fredrik Balkåsen 2011
nation	Sweden
birthday	May 13, 1989
place of birth	Falun ,  Sweden
Career
society	Holmens IF
Trainer	Kjetil beach roast , Wolfgang Hartmann
National squad	since 2005
Pers. Best	190 m ( Vikersund 2011)
status	resigned
End of career	March 2012
Medal table
National medals 4 × 3 × 1 ×
Swedish championships gold 2007 Middle hill bronze 2009 Örnsköldsvik Normal hill gold 2010 Falun Normal hill gold 2010 Falun team gold 2011 Sollefteå Large hill silver 2011 Sollefteå team silver 2011 Örnsköldsvik Normal hill silver 2017 Falun Team normal hill
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	January 8, 2011
Overall World Cup	82nd ( 2010/11 )
Ski flying world cup	59th (2010/11)
last change: April 4, 2015

Fredrik Balkåsen (born May 13, 1989 in Falun ) is a former Swedish ski jumper who started for the Holmens IF .

Career

Fredrik Balkåsen is the son of the formerly successful ski jumper Per Balkåsen . Through him he got into ski jumping at the age of four. Balkåsen was used for the first time internationally at the Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi in March 2005 and finished 14th in the team and 41st in the individual. At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he was used for the first time in the FIS Cup . In Vikersund Balkåsen finished 16 and 15. It was not until February that he jumped internationally again at the Junior World Championships in Kranj.

After a 38th place in the individual, he narrowly missed the second round in ninth place in the team. In March Balkåsen made his debut in the Continental Cup with 47th and 48th places , where he finished 39th and 32nd in summer 2006 in Lillehammer . At the FIS Cup in Örnsköldsvik , he achieved his best results so far with places five and seven. Also this winter Balkåsen did not jump regularly, but only competed in the Continental Cups in Trondheim, where he finished 32nd and 46th, and at the Junior World Championships in Tarvisio, where he finished 35th. In the summer of 2007 he finished 35th and 53rd at the COC in Lillehammer and twice 11th at the FIS Cups in Falun .

In the next season he regularly jumped in the Continental Cup and made it into the second round four times: in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with places 30 and 29, as 28th in Engelberg and in Iron Mountain as 26. With these eleven points, Balkåsen was 123 in the end . in the overall ranking. He did not take part in the Junior World Championship.

In the 2008/09 season he only took part in a few Continental Cups, where he only made it into the second round in Zakopane as 23rd and 30th. That was nine points in the end and 141st place overall. At his last Junior World Championship in Štrbské Pleso , he finished 24th in the individual after a strong performance. In the team it was only enough for twelfth place and at the FIS Cups in Notodden to places ten and ninth. In the summer of 2009 he only jumped at the Continental Cups in Lillehammer, where he was 45th and 48th, and at the Fis Cups in Falun. Here Balkåsen achieved very strong results with places two and five.

At the beginning of the World Cup in the 2009/10 season , Balkåsen took part in a World Cup qualification for the first time in Lillehammer, but clearly missed it as 62nd. This season he took part in other qualifications, but always missed the qualification. In addition, he finished 14th and last in a team competition with Carl Nordin , Josef Larsson and Isak Grimholm . Mostly, however, he competed in the Continental Cup, where he only reached the second round in Iron Mountain in ninth place. This was also his best Continental Cup result to date. In the end, with 29 points, it was enough for 94th place in the overall Continental Cup ranking. In the summer, Balkåsen missed the second round of every Continental Cup competition. In addition, he finished second and fourth at the FIS Cup in Örnsköldsvik and fifth and second in Falun.

After several unsuccessful Continental Cup competitions at the beginning of the 2010/11 season, where Balkåsen missed the second round in every competition, he qualified for a World Cup for the first time in his career as the 28th in ski flying in Harrachov at the beginning of January. After not reaching the second round on the first day as 37th, he won a World Cup point for the first time in his career as 30th on the next day. At the 2010 Swedish Championships in Falun , he was able to win the title on the normal hill for the first time. He also won the team title with his club Holmens IF.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo , Balkåsen was unable to qualify on either the normal or the large hill. He was even disqualified when qualifying for the large hill. At the Swedish Championships in 2011 on Hallstabacken in Sollefteå , he won the title on the large hill after last year's success on the normal hill. With the team from Holmens IF he took second place in the team competition.

After the 2011/2012 season , Fredrik Balkåsen ended his international ski jumping career.

At the Swedish Championships in 2017 he won the silver medal in the team competition together with Simon Eklund .

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
2010/11	82.	001

Continental Cup placements

season	space	Points
2007/08	123.	011
2008/09	141.	009
2009/10	094.	029
2010/11	130.	004th
2011/12	097.	001

Private

Balkåsen now lives in his hometown Falun. In addition to his native Swedish, he also speaks English .

Web links

Commons : Fredrik Balkåsen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fredrik Balkåsen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fredrik Balkåsen uttagen i landslaget . Varmlands Folkblad . Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2011. 
2. ↑ result in www.berkutschi.com , accessed on 13 October 2011th
3. ↑ Balkaasen wins title in Sweden . berkutschi.com. March 14, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.