Emil Jönsson Haag (born 15 August 1985) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who competed between 2004 and 2018.

Career

At the

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, he finished seventh in the individual sprint event. He has twelve World Cup victories, all in sprint events, since 2008. He won the FIS Cross-Country Sprint World Cup in 2009–10 and

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. He won bronze in the sprint at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

in Sochi. In March 2018, his retirement from cross-country skiing following the 2017–2018 season was announced. Following his retirement he became sighted guide for visually impaired para athlete Zebastian Modin. They participated together at the

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and won a bronze medal in men's 20 km classical.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (2 bronze)

World Championships

* 4 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 3 titles – (3 sprint)

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 16 victories – (13 , 3 ) * 25 podiums – (20 , 5 )

Team podiums

* 1 victory – (1 ) * 6 podiums – (1 , 5 )

Personal life

Jönsson married fellow skier and olympic medalist

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in 2018. They spend their time between

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and

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References

External links

Official website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Emil 1985 births Living people People from Sandviken Municipality Cross-country skiers from Gävleborg County Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden Swedish male cross-country skiers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic sighted guides Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden IFK Mora cross-country skiers 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen