Mathias Fredriksson

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Mathias Fredriksson Cross-country skiing
Mathias Fredriksson (2010)

Mathias Fredriksson (2010)

Full name Johan Fredrik Mathias Fredriksson
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 11th February 1973 (age 47)
place of birth Uddevalla , Sweden
size 182 cm
Weight 79 kg
Career
society Häggenås SK
Östersunds SK
AXA Sports Club
National squad since 1992
status resigned
End of career 2012
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
JWM medals 4 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 2006 Turin Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 2001 Lahti Season
silver 2001 Lahti 15 km C
bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme Season
bronze 2007 Sapporo Season
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
gold 1992 Vuokatti 10 km classic
gold 1992 Vuokatti 30 km freestyle
gold 1992 Vuokatti Season
gold 1993 Harrachov 10 km classic
silver 1993 Harrachov Season
bronze 1993 Harrachov 30 km freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 11, 1993
 World Cup victories in individual 09 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 02 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 01st ( 2002/03 )
 Sprint World Cup 03. ( 1998/99 )
 Distance World Cup 02. ( 2003/04 )
 Tour de Ski 14th ( 2006/07 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 1 0 1
 Distance races 8th 3 2
 Season 2 2 2
 

Johan Fredrik Mathias Fredriksson (born February 11, 1973 in Uddevalla ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier . In addition to his overall World Cup victory in 2002/03, his greatest successes include four world championship medals.

Career

Early years

Fredriksson, who grew up in Dals Rostock in Dalsland and attended the ski school in Torsby , made his international debut in the 1991/92 season at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1992 in Vuokatti . There he won the gold medal over 10 km classic, 30 km freestyle and with the relay. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Harrachov in 1993 , he won the gold medal over 10 km in the classic technique. He also won bronze over 30 km and silver with the relay. On December 11, 1993 Fredriksson made his debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in Santa Caterina . As 27th he reached the points straight away. A week later he also managed to get into the points in Davos . With another podium finish in Oslo , he qualified for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . There he ran over 30 km to 23rd place.

In the 1994/95 season he started at FIS races and won the 15 km individual race in Bruksvallarna . On the Tauplitzalm he started again in the World Cup in mid-December. As 22nd, he again secured nine World Cup points. In Östersund , Fredriksson achieved a top 10 position for the first time in seventh place. After winning the Cross-Country Continental Cup in Bergeforsen in the municipality of Timrå , he started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay . After a good 16th place over 30 km, Fredriksson finished 15th over 10 km. In the pursuit he crossed the finish line in 21st place. Over 50 km he again achieved a top 20 result and came in 15th. The Swede finally finished the 1994/95 World Cup season in 21st place overall.

The 1995/96 season was poor. Only at the end of the season in Oslo did he get back to the top 10 in seventh place. In the 1996/97 season Fredriksson started with a second place at the Continental Cup in Luleå . A little later he came back to the World Cup squad and in January in Lahti achieved his best World Cup result with fourth place. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 1997 in Trondheim , he achieved a very good seventh place over 30 km. As 21st over 10 km he could not repeat this success. In the pursuit he was able to improve to 17th place. Over 50 km he finally ran back into the top ten and came in seventh again. Together with Anders Bergström , Torgny Mogren and Henrik Forsberg , he finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay. A few weeks after the World Championship, Fredriksson was third on the podium for the first time at the Sprint World Cup in Sunne . In the overall World Cup ranking, he reached 11th place. In the Sprint World Cup he finished 14th thanks to the good result in Sunne.

Breakthrough in the World Cup

For the 1997/98 season Fredriksson was able to improve further. In this way, he quickly managed to keep up with the world's best and was able to achieve good placements among the top ten on a regular basis. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he ran over 50 km in 20th place, before he just missed the medal ranks in fourth with the relay over 4 × 10 km. After he finished 10th again in Falun , a little later he finished the season in tenth place overall. He finished eighth in the Sprint World Cup.

In the following season 1998/99 Fredriksson started successfully with fourth place in Muonio . Two weeks later he won his first World Cup with the sprint in Milan . Up to and including the World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě , he was also among the top ten in all subsequent World Cup races. Only with rank 34 in Seefeld in Tirol did he miss the points for the first time in a long time. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein , he reached a place in the top 20 in all individual disciplines. In addition, he was sixth in the relay. In the overall World Cup standings he was fourth at the end of the season and barely missed a podium. In the Sprint World Cup he celebrated his first overall podium with third place.

First world championship medal

After a mixed 1999/2000 season , Fredriksson was able to improve again slightly for the 2000/01 season . In December 2000 he finished sixth at the sprint in Engelberg . Even over 10 km in Otepää he was among the top ten. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti , he won the silver medal over 15 kilometers in the classic technique. In the pursuit, he narrowly missed another medal and finished fourth. He was able to convince again in sixth place over 30 km. In the relay race he was in third place with Urban Lindgren , Magnus Ingesson and Per Elofsson in the victory of the Finnish team and would have actually won bronze. However, after the Finns were disqualified, the team eventually won silver.

At the end of the World Cup season, he again achieved fourth place over the 50 km distance in Oslo. So he improved in the overall standings to 13. The following season 2001/02 he started with weak individual results , but ran at the start of the relay in Kuopio in second place. In Davos he secured the first of a total of two relay World Cup victories in his career with the same line-up. The now 28-year-old competed in his third Olympic Games at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . In the pursuit, he reached 27th place, before finishing only a disappointing 13th place with the relay. In the final individual race over 50 km, he finished 29th.

Less than a week after the games, Fredriksson started a ski marathon in Mora for the first time and came ninth after 90 km.

Overall World Cup victory

For the 2002/03 season he reached a World Cup podium again in Kavgolovo as second over 10 km. Before that he was already on the podium over 30 km in Cogne. At the Swedish Championships in 2003 Fredriksson secured three titles over 30 km, 10 km and in the pursuit.

At the following World Championships in 2003 in Val di Fiemme , the Swedish relay won the bronze medal. Before that, he had already achieved ninth place over 30 km and seventh place over 15 km and in the pursuit. On March 16, he won an individual World Cup in Lahti for the fourth time. He also crossed the finish line first in the persecution of Falun before winning the second World Cup with the relay team. A little later, after further good placements, Fredriksson celebrated his first and only overall World Cup victory ahead of René Sommerfeldt and his compatriot Jörgen Brink . In the sprint world cup, which his brother Thobias Fredriksson won, he reached rank 30.

At the beginning of the 2003/04 season , Fredriksson again won two individual World Cups. He was the first to cross the finish line over 30 km in Toblach and in the pursuit in Ramsau am Dachstein. Also in February he secured an undisputed World Cup victory over 15 km in Umeå before he was on the podium again in the same position as third in the relay. However, until the end of the season he was often only able to achieve poor placements in midfield, so that he just missed his second overall World Cup victory and ended the season in second place in the overall standings. He also finished second in the Distance World Cup and achieved his best result in his career in this discipline.

Performance slump in the World Cup

Mathias Fredriksson in Nové Město na Moravě

As a result, Fredriksson often only missed placements outside of the World Cup ranks in the World Cup. Even at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2005 , he remained without any medal. His best placement was fifth over 50 km. By the end of the season, Fredriksson was able to improve his performance again slightly, so that in the end he was able to reach sixth place overall. In the 2005/06 season he achieved another good position with fourth place in Canmore , just behind the podium, and he was also among the top 10 in Otepää, Davos and Oberstdorf.

At the following Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 , Fredriksson won the bronze medal with the relay. With that he celebrated his first Olympic medal at the age of 33. In the individual placements, the 50 km race was again the strongest. In tenth place he finished the games again with a top 10 result. In the overall World Cup ranking, he was tenth and was ranked among the top ten for the last time.

Third World Cup medal and withdrawal from the World Cup

With a good 14th place in the Tour de Ski 2006/07 Fredriksson started the 2006/07 season well . At the following World Championships in 2007 in Sapporo , he repeated his success from 2003 and won another bronze medal in the relay together with Martin Larsson , Marcus Hellner and Anders Södergren . In the individual over 30 km he reached 14th place. Over 50 km he was eliminated during the race. At the Swedish Championships in 2007 Fredriksson secured the title in the pursuit.

In June 2007 Fredriksson was first officially removed from the senior squad for the coming season. Therefore, during the following season 2007/08 he concentrated more on the long-distance races in the Cross-Country Skiing Marathon Cup. The 35-year-old gradually began to withdraw from the World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , the Swede ran again in 31st place over 15 km and 17th in the pursuit. With the season he reached sixth place.

As a result, Fredriksson stayed in the rare World Cup starts and also in the Marathon Cup, so that he ended his active cross-country skiing career after the 2011/12 season at the age of 39 with his start at the Åre Cross Country Open. A little later he auctioned his equipment for the benefit of UNICEF .

During his career, Fredriksson won a total of 12 national titles between 1999 and 2012. He won six championships over 30 km, five of them in a row. In addition, three season titles were among his successes.

Fredriksson married Emma Helena Nilsson , a former Miss Sweden and also cross-country skier, with whom he now lives in Östersund . His brother Thobias is also a successful cross-country skier.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. December 10, 1998 ItalyItaly Milan Sprint freestyle
2. December 7, 2002 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 15 km freestyle
3. January 25, 2003 GermanyGermany Oberhof 15 km classic mass start
4th March 16, 2003 FinlandFinland Lahti 15 km freestyle
5. March 22, 2003 SwedenSweden Falun 2 × 10 km double pursuit
6th December 6, 2003 ItalyItaly Toblach 30 km freestyle mass start
7th December 20, 2003 AustriaAustria Ramsau 2 × 15 km pursuit
8th. February 21, 2004 SwedenSweden Umeå 15 km classic
9. March 19, 2006 JapanJapan Sapporo 2 × 15 km pursuit

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. December 16, 2001 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 4 × 10 km relay
2. March 23, 2003 SwedenSweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. February 26, 1995 SwedenSweden Bergeforsen 15 km classic Continental Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 1994 Lillehammer : 23rd place, 30 km freestyle
  • 1998 Nagano : 4th place relay, 50th place 50 km freestyle
  • 2002 Salt Lake City : 13th place relay, 27th place 20 km pursuit, 29th place 50 km classic
  • 2006 Turin : 3rd place relay, 10th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 13th place 15 km classic, 15th place 30 km pursuit

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 1995 Thunder Bay : 4th place relay, 15th place 50 km freestyle, 15th place 10 km classic, 16th place 30 km classic, 21st place 25 km pursuit
  • 1997 Trondheim : 5th place relay, 7th place 50 km classic, 7th place 30 km freestyle, 17th place 25 km pursuit, 21st place 10 km classic
  • 1999 Ramsau : 6th place relay, 11th place 30 km freestyle, 12th place 50 km classic, 16th place 25 km pursuit, 17th place 10 km classic
  • 2001 Lahti : 2nd place relay, 2nd place 15 km classic, 4th place 20 km pursuit, 6th place 30 km classic
  • 2003 Val di Fiemme : 3rd place relay, 4th place 50 km freestyle, 7th place 2 × 10 km double pursuit, 7th place 15 km classic, 9th place 30 km classic mass start
  • 2005 Oberstdorf : 5th place 50 km classic mass start, 7th place relay, 12th place 30 km pursuit, 38th place 15 km freestyle
  • 2007 Sapporo : 3rd place relay, 14th place 30 km pursuit
  • 2009 Liberec : 6th place relay, 17th place 30 km pursuit, 29th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 31st place 15 km classic

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 4th 1 3 1 9 2
2nd place 1 2 3 2
3rd place 2 1 3 2
Top 10 7th 21st 14th 4th 12 7th 65 12
Scoring 24 61 28 14th 19th 17th 163 13
Starts 26th 73 31 16 19th 27 192 13
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 total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1993/94 25th 55. - - - -
1994/95 136 21st - - - -
1995/96 75 38. - - - -
1996/97 278 11. - - 100 14th
1997/98 268 10. - - 148 8th.
1998/99 484 4th - - 308 3.
1999/2000 250 24. - - 152 7th
2000/01 298 13. - - 50 31.
2001/02 198 20th - - 11 62.
2002/03 876 1. - - 55 30th
2003/04 606 2. 569 2. 37 40.
2004/05 374 6th 350 7th 24 44.
2005/06 368 10. 365 6th 3 74.
2006/07 339 12. 255 7th 12 65.
2007/08 44 83. 44 52. - -
2008/09 28 108. 28 64. - -
2009/10 22nd 129. 22nd 82. - -
2010/11 10 144. 10 90. - -

Web links

Commons : Mathias Fredriksson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1993 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  2. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1993 - Men's 30km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 30km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 50km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 30km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  9. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  10. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 50km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  11. ^ Hermann Hansen, Knut Sveen: VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 . Adresseavisens Forlag, Trondheim 1996. ISBN 82-7164-044-5
  12. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Men's 15km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  13. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Men's 20 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  14. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Men's 30 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  15. ↑ National Championships 2003 - Men's 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  16. ↑ a b National Championships 2003 - Men's 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  17. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Men's Rel 4x10 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  18. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Men's 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  19. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Men's 15 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  20. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Men's 2x10 km M Double Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  21. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Men's 50 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  22. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's Rel 4x10 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  23. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 30 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  24. ↑ World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's 50 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  25. ↑ Elin Ek and Mathias Fredriksson Swedish Pursuit Masters . Ski boarding school Oberstdorf. January 19, 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 24, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skiinternat-oberstdorf.de
  26. ↑ Mathias Fredriksson kicked off the Swedish team ( English ) FasterSkier.com. June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  27. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Men's 15 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  28. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Men's 30 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
  29. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Men's Rel 4x10 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 24, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Fredriksson, Mathias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fredriksson, Johan Fredrik Mathias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Uddevalla , Sweden