Staffan Eklund

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Lars Olof Staffan Eklund (born May 28, 1961 in Burträsk , Sweden ) is a Swedish biathlon trainer .

Career

Staffan Eklund had been the team leader of the Swedish national biathlon team since 2000. During this time, some of the greatest successes in the Swedish biathlon sport fell, including title wins at Biathlon World Championships and Winter Olympics .

As a personal trainer, he looked after athletes such as Jakob Börjesson and Carl Johan Bergman . In 2010 he was elected Swedish Coach of the Year and prevailed against competitors such as Sarah Sjöström or Jörgen Lennartsson and Tommy Söderberg .

After the 2014 Winter Olympics , Eklund ended his coaching career for the national team and took up a job in his home town of Boden in the Boden Arena .

credentials

  1. ↑ Viktoria Franke: Staffan Eklund names Swedish team for next season. In: biathlon-online.de. May 13, 2010, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  2. ^ Elisabeth Eriksson: Staffan Eklund årets tränare. Norran, January 18, 2010; archived from the original April 18, 2013 ; Retrieved January 12, 2019 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Eklund slutar som skidskyttekapten. Norran, March 27, 2013, accessed January 12, 2019 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Eklund, Staffan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eklund, Lars Olof Staffan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish biathlon coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Burträsk , Sweden