Jörgen Brink

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Jörgen Brink am Holmenkollen (2007)

Per Jörgen Brink (born March 10, 1974 in Delsbo , Hudiksvall municipality , Gävleborg province ) is a Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete .

Career

Jörgen Brink starts as a cross-country skier for Hudiksvalls IF, later for IFK Umeå and as a biathlete for Club Jämtland Biathlon. Brink has been participating in the cross-country skiing world cup since the 1994/95 season and in 2003 he won his only 30 km world cup race in Otepää , overall he was placed in the top three six times in world cup races . In his most successful season, the 2002/03 season , he won bronze at the World Championships in Val di Fiemme in the skiathlon over 2 × 10 km and in the competition over 50 km and was seventh over 30 km. He took part in the Olympic Games in 2002 and 2006 as a cross-country skier; his best finish was 24th in the Salt Lake City sprint .

At the Swedish championships he won the sprint in 2003, came second twice (2003 in the skiathlon and 2004 in the sprint) and once third (2003 over 10 km) - at the national biathlon championships he surprisingly came second behind Björn Ferry in 2007 and started from 2007/08 season with the biathlon team in the World Cup. His best placement was fifth in the sprint in Vancouver 2009. For the Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 , Brink was not considered as a biathlete after he was unable to stabilize his shooting performance. He then concentrated again on cross-country skiing and surprisingly won the Wasalauf 2010. A year later, he was able to win this race again. In 2012, he won the race for the third time in a row in the new record time of 3.38.41. Also in 2012 he won the Tartu Maraton . After the 2009/2010 season , Brink was deleted from the national team for biathletes.

Success in cross-country skiing

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual
No. date place discipline
1. January 12, 2003 EstoniaEstonia Otepää 30 km classic mass start
World Cup victories in the team
No. date place discipline
1. March 23, 2003 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay 1

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. February 3, 1996 SwedenSweden Sunne 10 km freestyle Continental Cup
2. January 14, 2001 NorwayNorway Gjøvik 20 km pursuit Continental Cup

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No. date place run discipline
1. March 7, 2010 SwedenSweden Halls - Mora Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start
2. March 6, 2011 SwedenSweden Halls - Mora Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start 2
3. 19th February 2012 EstoniaEstonia Otepää Tartu Maraton 63 km classic mass start 2
4th March 4, 2012 SwedenSweden Halls - Mora Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start 2
2 At the same time part of the Ski Classics .

Victories in ski classics races

No. date place run discipline
1. March 6, 2011 SwedenSweden Halls - Mora Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start 3
2. 19th February 2012 EstoniaEstonia Otepää Tartu Maraton 63 km classic mass start 3
3. March 4, 2012 SwedenSweden Halls - Mora Wasalauf 90 km classic mass start 3
3 Also part of the Marathon Cup .

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

  • 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement singles sprint persecution Mass start Season total
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10 1 2 3
Scoring 1 2 1 2 6th
Starts 5 15th 3   2 25th
Status: after the 2009/2010 season

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonny Dahlgren: Jörgen Brink har inte stabiliserat skyttet ( Swedish ) Allehanda.se. December 30, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 201
  2. ↑ Jörgen Brink won Vasaloppet 2010 - an important victory for international long distance ( Memento from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (archived in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Vasaloppet 2011 result
  4. ^ Brinks tredje raka i Vasaloppet , Dagens Nyheter , March 4, 2012
  5. ↑ Viktoria Franke: Staffan Eklund names Swedish team for next season . biathlon-online.de. May 13, 201. Retrieved May 15, 201.
personal data
SURNAME Brink, Jörgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brink, Per Jörgen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Delsbo, Hudiksvall (municipality)