Piteå Elit is a

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

club from

Piteå Piteå () is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River ( sv, Piteälven), at th ...

in northern

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. In the 2011-12 season, three skiers represented Sweden internationally. The club also has many skiers now skiing on the national level. The club had two skiers, Magdalena Pajala and

Jesper Modin Jesper Modin, born June 4, 1988, in Selånger, Sweden is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed at international top level since 2005. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the individual sprint event. His be ...

, competing in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

for Sweden. Former skier

Magnus Ingesson Magnus Ingesson, born February 18, 1971, in Luleå, Sweden, is a Swedish former cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. He earned a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Sk ...

from the club was the head coach for the Swedish cross-country skiing team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On May 6, 2012,

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi ...

joined Piteå Elit, for which she would compete starting with the 2012/13 season.http://www.pitea-tidningen.se/sport/artikel.aspx?ArticleId=6896186

Current skiers

* Mia Eriksson * Magdalena Pajala * Jennie Öberg * Emma Sjölander * Ebba Andersson * Johan Westerlund *Mikael Norberg *

* Karl Edenroth * Mikael Norberg * Martin Bergström

Former skiers

Lina Andersson Lina Andersson (born March 18, 1981 in Malmberget) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint (with Anna Dahlberg) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Indiv ...

MedalGold 2006 Turin cross-country skiing at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

Team sprint, MedalSilver 2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint, MedalSilver 2009 Liberec cross-country skiing at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either in ...

Team sprint, MedalBronze 2009 Liberec cross-country skiing at the 4 x 5 km. * David Flinkfeldt * Emma Lundbäck * Susanne Nyström * Karolina Skoog * Kina Swidén *

Niklas Jonsson Niklas Jonsson (born 31 May 1969, in Piteå) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2002. He won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that event, Jonsson started 30 seconds ahead of the ...

won the silver medal in the 50 km at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

. *

Urban Lindgren Urban Lindgren (born 18 April 1973 in Morjärv, Norrbotten) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2002. He earned a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and finish ...

earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the

2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15–25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland for a record sixth time, previous events being held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978 and 1989. These championships also saw the most event changes since the ...

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

. *

earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. *

Emelie Öhrstig Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist. As a cross-country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. She ...

won gold medal in sprint at the

2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003. The dou ...

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

. * Larry Poromaa *Lars Öberg

References

External links

Piteå Elit's homepage http://www.piteaelit.se/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitea Elit Sport in Piteå Sports clubs and teams in Norrbotten County Ski clubs in Sweden