Joa Elfsberg
Date of birth | July 30, 1979 |
place of birth | Valbo , Sweden |
size | 177 cm |
Weight | 73 kg |
position | center |
number | # 21 |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
until 1995 | Valbo AIF |
1995-1996 | Brynäs IF |
1996-1998 | Nacka HK |
1999-2011 | Brynäs IF |
Joa Anna Elisabeth Elfsberg (born July 30, 1979 in Valbo ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for Brynäs IF in the Riksserien for many years . With the Swedish women's national team , she won a total of four medals at the Olympic Winter Games, World and European Championships.
Career
Joa Elfsberg grew up in Lund (Valbo) and began her career at Valbo AIF . Around 1995 she moved to Brynäs IF , where she played for the first time in the then highest women's division, Division 1.
At the European Championships in 1996 she won the gold medal with the national team - alongside Erika Holst and Åsa Elfving . With 5 goals she was the top scorer of the Swedish national team.
After this success, Elfsberg moved within Division 1 to Nacka HK . In the late 1990s she moved to the United States for about a year and played ice hockey for Assabet Vally High School. In 1999 she returned to Sweden and then returned to Brynäs IF.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , she won with the Swedish national team the bronze medal four years later at the Winter Olympics in Turin , the silver medal. In the latter, she did not appear as a striker, but as a defender.
When she last participated in the World Cup in 2007 , she won the bronze medal. In total, Elfsberg completed 155 international matches for Sweden, in which she scored 20 goals. In 2011 she ended her career.
Achievements and Awards
- 1996 gold medal at the European Championship
- 2002 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2007 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Club competitions
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | ||
1995/96 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||
1996/97 | Nacka HK | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||
1997/98 | Nacka HK | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||
1998/99 | Assabet Vally High School | |||||||||||||||
2001/02 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 5 | 6th | 3 | 9 | 8th | +4 | ||||||||
2002/03 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | -1 | ||||||||
2003/04 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6th | +5 | ||||||||
2004/05 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | +3 | ||||||||
2005/06 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8th | −2 | ||||||||
2006/07 | Brynäs IF | Division 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | ||||||||
2007/08 | Brynäs IF | Rick series | 14th | 3 | 6th | 9 | 30th | +7 | 4th | 6th | 6th | 12 | 6th | +11 | ||
2008/09 | Brynäs IF | Rick series | 20th | 7th | 4th | 11 | 32 | -8th | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 12 | +3 | ||
2009/10 | Brynäs IF | Rick series | 21st | 9 | 8th | 17th | 69 | +8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2010/11 | Brynäs IF | Rick series | 28 | 7th | 6th | 13 | 34 | +14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | + 1 |
International
year | team | event | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | result | ||
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1996 | Sweden | EM | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | gold medal | |||
1997 | Sweden | WM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | 5th place | |||
1998 | Sweden | Olympia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 5th place | ||
1999 | Sweden | WM | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | -5 | 4th place | ||
2000 | Sweden | WM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | -3 | 4th place | ||
2001 | Sweden | WM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8th | -4 | 7th place | ||
2002 | Sweden | Olympia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | -1 | Bronze medal | ||
2006 | Sweden | Olympia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | 0 | Silver medal | ||
2007 | Sweden | WM | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | +2 | Bronze medal |
Web links
- Joa Elfsberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Joa Elfsberg at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Joa Elfsberg at eurohockey.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ swehockey.se, Media Guide - Olympic Games 2006 , p. 2 (PDF file)
- ↑ a b c Joa Elfsberg - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. In: sok.se. Retrieved January 23, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ swehockey.se, 1996 IIHF European Women's Championship (PDF file)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Elfsberg, Joa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elfsberg, Joa Anna Elisabeth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Valbo , Sweden |