Thobias Fredriksson (born 4 April 1975 in
Dals Rostock,
Dalsland
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) is a
Swedish
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former
cross-country skier who competed since 2000. He won two medals at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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with a gold in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint events.
Fredriksson also won two medals in the individual sprint events at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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with a gold in
2003 and a bronze in
2005.
After the 2010 season, Fredriksson retired.
Thobias has a brother,
Mathias Fredriksson, at the same professional level.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
World Championships
* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
* 5 victories – (5 )
* 20 podiums – (19 , 1 )
Team podiums
* 2 victories – (2 )
* 8 podiums – (1 , 7 )
See also
*
List of Olympic medalist families
List of Olympic medalists families is a list of people grouped by family who are olympic medalists.
Summer Olympics
:
Winter Olympics
:
Summer and Winter Olympics
See also
* List of sport awards
* List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
...
References
*
Fredriksson retires
;Specific
External links
*
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1975 births
Living people
People from Mellerud Municipality
Cross-country skiers from Västra Götaland County
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Axa SC skiers