Marie-Helene Östlund

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Marie-Helene Östlund Cross-country skiing
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday May 14, 1966
place of birth Solleftea,  SwedenSwedenSweden 
size 168 cm
Weight 55 kg
Career
society Sollefteå SK
Hudiksvalls IF
National squad since 1986
status resigned
End of career 1995
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 1987 Oberstdorf 20 km freestyle
bronze 1987 Oberstdorf Season
silver 1991 Val di Fiemme 10 km freestyle
bronze 1995 Thunder Bay Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 15, 1986
 World Cup victories in individual 2 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 2. ( 1987/88 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 2 2 5
 

Marie-Helene Östlund (born May 14, 1966 in Ed, Sollefteå as Marie-Helene Westin ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier .

Career

Westin, which started for the Sollefteå SK club and later for the Hudiksvalls IF club, made its international debut as part of the cross-country skiing world cup on March 15, 1986 in Oslo . With sixth place, she went straight to the top ten and collected her first World Cup points. At the beginning of the 1986/87 season in Ramsau am Dachstein , Val di Sole , Cogne and Calgary , she achieved good top 10 results.

At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 1987 in Oberstdorf , Westin took fifth place in the individual race over 10 km. Östlund also crossed the finish line in fifth place over 5 km. In the 20 km individual race, Westin surprisingly won the gold medal. Together with Magdalena Wallin , Karin Lamberg-Skog and Annika Dahlman , she also secured the bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay.

For this achievement she was later honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal and won the radio sports Jerringpris . In addition, Westin secured their first World Cup victory with the world championship title, as the race was part of the official cross-country skiing world cup . At the end of the season she achieved another podium finish in Kavgolovo in third place.

Westin's most successful season was the 1987/88 season . She finished third in the World Cups in Reit im Winkl and Toblach . At the following Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 , she remained without a medal, but ran in all disciplines among the top ten. With the season she ran in sixth place. A little later, Westin won the last World Cup race in Rovaniemi and ended the season in second place in the overall World Cup standings. It was her first and only World Cup victory.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 , Westin remained without a medal. She finished 13th over 10 km in classic style before she came 14th over 10 km in free style. In the 30 km individual run, Westin finished ninth.

In January 1991 Westin ran over 15 km in Klingenthal as second again on the podium in a World Cup race. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 in Val di Fiemme , Westin won the silver medal over 10 km in free style. After another successful year in the World Cup, in which Westin finished in the top 10 in all races, the Swede started in Albertville for her second Winter Olympics in 1992 . After mixed individual results, she took seventh place in the 4 × 10 km relay together with Carina Görlin , Magdalena Forsberg and Karin Säterkvist .

In 1993 she married the Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund and from then on entered as Marie-Helene Östland.

After another rather weak year, Östland came back on the road to success at the end of the 1993/94 season . So she landed over 5 km in Thunder Bay as seventh again among the top ten. At the beginning of the Cross-Country World Cup in 1994/95 , Östlund again impressed as a good top 10 runner.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay, Östlund had no chance of a medal in singles, but was able to win the bronze medal again with the relay before she finally ended her active career at the end of the season.

Östland is the sister of Håkan Westin .

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. February 20, 1987 GermanyGermany Oberstdorf 20 km freestyle 1
2. March 27, 1988 FinlandFinland Rovaniemi 10 km freestyle
1 Nordic World Ski Championships 1987

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 1 1 2
2nd place 1 1 2
3rd place 2 1 1 1 5
Top 10 11 9 10 4th 2 36
Scoring 18th 19th 11 8th 3 59
Starts 19th 19th 11 8th 3 60
Status: end of career
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 space Points
1985/86 28. 10
1986/87 4th 85
1987/88 2. 92
1988/89 27. 19th
1989/90 11. 46
1990/91 4th 112
1991/92 8th. 56
1992/93 16. 176
1993/94 20th 141
1994/95 13. 268

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Ski Championships 1987 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1987 - Ladies' 5 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 1987 - Ladies' 20 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1989 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 1989 - Ladies' 10 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 1989 - Ladies' 30 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 1991 - Ladies' 10 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  8. ^ Sweden Cross Country Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games . Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Östlund, Marie-Helene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westin, Marie-Helene (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Ed, Solleftea , Sweden