Lars Nelson

	Lars Nelson
	Lars Nelson at the 2014 Olympics
Full name	Lars Fredrik Nelson
nation	Sweden
birthday	August 19, 1985
place of birth	Funäsdalen, Sweden
Career
society	Aasarna IK
status	active
Medal table
winter Olympics
Swedish championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	November 27, 2011
Overall World Cup	46th ( 2013/14 )
Distance World Cup	23rd ( 2013/14 )
	last change: September 5, 2019

Lars Fredrik Nelson (born August 19, 1985 in Funäsdalen ) is a Swedish cross-country skier and Olympic champion .

Career

Nelson first attracted international attention at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Stryn , Norway , when he was 16th in the mass start race over 30 kilometers and 30th over ten kilometers in the free technique and seventh in the Swedish relay. Until 2011 Nelson took part mainly in FIS races. He had his first of a total of 23 World Cup races in November 2011 at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo , which he finished in 53rd place. In the Tour de Ski 2011/12 he finished 30th. In the 2012/13 season he was fifth in the overall ranking of the Scandinavian Cup. The 2013/14 season was his most successful season to date. In March 2014 he was able to achieve his best result in a World Cup race to date with 5th place over 50 km classic. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he finished ninth in the skiathlon , 15th over ten kilometers in classic technique and won the gold medal with the Swedish relay. In the overall ranking of the 2013/14 World Cup, he reached 46th place. At the Swedish cross-country skiing championship 2014 in Umeå , he won two silver medals over 15 km in classic and skiathlon. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he finished 25th in the 50 km mass start race and 14th in the skiathlon. After the 2014/15 season, at the end of which he finished third in the mass start race over 50 kilometers at the Swedish championships, he ended his international career. But he still regularly competes in FIS races in his home country, Sweden.

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
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10			1		1				2
Scoring			10		1	1		2	14th		1
Starts			11	1	3	2	1	4th	22nd		1
Status: end of season 2014/15

^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

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2011/12	18th	127.	14th	84	-	-
2012/13	16	128.	16	83.	-	-
2013/14	191	46.	146	23.	15th	75.
2014/15	60	81.	60	48.	-	-

Web links

Lars Nelson in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Lars Nelson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Lars Nelsons besked - slutar med skidåkning (Swedish)

personal data
SURNAME	Nelson, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nelson, Lars Fredrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Funäsdalen , Sweden

[1] Lars Nelsons besked - slutar med skidåkning (Swedish)