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Jan Ottosson

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Jan Ottosson
Country  Sweden
Full name Jan Bo Ottosson
Born (1960-03-10) 10 March 1960
Högsäter, Sweden
Ski club Åsarna IK
World Cup career
Seasons 13 – (19821994)
Individual wins 1
Team wins 6
Indiv. podiums 5
Team podiums 9
Indiv. starts 75
Team starts 13
Overall titles 0 – (7th in 1982)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
Total 2 0 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Mont Sainte-Anne 3 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1980 Örnsköldsvik 3 × 5 km relay

Jan Ottosson (born 10 March 1960 in Högsäter, Dalsland) is a former Swedish cross-country skier. A national team skier, he also represented Åsarna IK during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won two gold medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1984 and 1988), providing some of the most iconic and impressive legs of Swedish Olympic history. Additionally, he finished sixth in the 50 km event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, sixth in the 15 km event at the 1991 Nordic skiing World Championships, won eight individual Swedish championships, and won ten Swedish championship gold medals in the relays. Ottosson in best known is for winning the Vasaloppet four times in (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994). After his active career with the Åsarnas squad, Ottosson now works as an official on the Bergs ski center. Currently, Ottosson runs his own Vasaloppet training program, where the former champion helps others prepare for the race. Ottosson also owns a state-of-the-art ski grinding machine and a ski waxing business which the former champion uses to perfect patrons' skis for Vasaloppet race conditions.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

  • 2 medals – (2 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984 23 16 14 Gold
1988 27 16 16 6 Gold
1992 31 11 44 4
1994 33 14 15 18 6

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km   15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1982 21 9 5
1987 26 10
1989 28 19 12
1991 30 6 7
1993 32 15 10 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 22 7
1983 23 30
1984 24 9
1985 25 28
1986 26 12
1987 27 26
1988 28 8
1989 29 17
1990 30 9
1991 31 16
1992 32 42
1993 33 13
1994 34 23

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 5 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1982–83 14 January 1983 West Germany Reit im Winkl, West Germany 15 km Individual World Cup 1st
2 1983–84 16 December 1983 Austria Ramsau, Austria 30 km Individual World Cup 3rd
3 1984–85 3 March 1985 Finland Lahti, Finland 50 km Individual World Cup 2nd
4 1987–88 19 December 1987 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
5 1990–91 9 March 1991 Sweden Falun, Sweden 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

  • 6 victories
  • 9 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1983–84 16 February 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 10 km Relay Olympic Games 1st Wassberg / Kohlberg / Svan
2 26 February 1984 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay World Cup 1st Östlund / Wassberg / Svan
3 1986–87 19 March 1987 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Wassberg / Mogren / Eriksson
4 1987–88 24 February 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay F Olympic Games 1st Wassberg / Svan / Mogren
5 13 March 1988 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Svan / Mogren / Majbäck
6 17 March 1988 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Mogren / Majbäck / Svan
7  1989–90  1 March 1990 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Forsberg / Mogren / Håland
8 11 March 1990 Sweden Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Majbäck / Forsberg / Mogren
9  1991–92  8 March 1992 Sweden Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Ponsiluoma / Mogren / Forsberg

Note: 1 Until the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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