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Team Sweden WOC 2009 - 14 runners
Team Overview - Disciplines*
| Name | Sprint | Middle | Long | Relay | |
| 1. | Karolina A. Höjsgaard | 9th place Qual: 13rd place |  medal | ||
| 2. | David Andersson | 6th place Qual: 8th place | |||
| 3. | Annika Billstam | 11st place Qual: 9th place | |||
| 4. | Linnea Gustafsson | medal Qual: 6th place | 5th place Qual: 6th place | ||
| 5. | Helena Jansson |  medalQual: 1st place | 6th place Qual: 2nd place | 8th place Qual: 4th place | medal |
| 6. | Emma Johansson | 16th place Qual: 9th place | |||
| 7. | Martin Johansson | 5th place Qual: 13rd place | Qual: 3rd place | ||
| 8. | Mattias Karlsson | ||||
| 9. | Jenny Lönnkvist | 27th place Qual: 6th place | |||
| 10. | Mattias Millinger | 10th place Qual: 11st place | |||
| 11. | Kajsa Nilsson | medal | |||
| 12. | Peter Öberg | 15th place Qual: 6th place | 13rd place Qual: 4th place | ||
| 13. | Jonas Pilblad | ||||
| 14. | Emil Wingstedt | 11st place Qual: 2nd place | 9th place Qual: 14th place | 6th place Qual: 7th place |
Note! The first 15 go to the final in the qualification races.
Detailed Team information
Karolina A. Höjsgaard
| Club | Domnarvets GOIF (SWE) |
| Born date | 12.03.1971 |
| Info/Biography | Double world champion in Sweden 2004 (long and relay). Two children with her husband, Thomas Højsgaard from Denmark. Won Venla-relay with Domnarvet 2008. A surprise call-up to the Swedish WOC 2009-team after a third place on the sprint in O-Ringen. Competing in the sprint in Miskolc. |
David Andersson
| Club | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna (SWE) |
| Born date | 25.12.1981 |
| Info/Biography | Strong middle distance runner, with a breakthru in WOC 2005 in Japan with a 4th place. Impressed at EOC 2006 when he held Thierry Gueorgiou behind him and went solo on the last leg in the relay. Junior World champion in ski-orienteering 2001. Has been struggling with injury the last couple of seasons and withdrew from the WOC-team 2008 five days before the event. In 2009 he took a NOC-relay gold with Sweden and got an early call-up for the WOC-team-middle distance. Should also be a part of the relay team. |
Annika Billstam
| Club | IFK Lidingö (SWE) |
| Born date | 08.03.1976 |
| Info/Biography | Had a big disappointment in Venla 2007 when she was leading on the last leg for OK Linné, only to be taken off the course because the team was disqualified on an earlier leg. Started orienteering in Järfälla OK. Educated as a phyisotherapist Changed from OK Linné to Lidingö this . Now working for the cross country race "Lidingöloppet", which is organized by her club.Running long distance at WOC 2008. |
Linnea Gustafsson
| Club | Visborgs OK (SWE) |
| Born date | 20.02.1986 |
| Info/Biography | Young Swede who made her national team debut in EOC 2008 with a 7th place on the sprint. That was enough to give her a chance in WOC as well, where she finished 15th. Changed over first after the first leg of Tiomila 2008. Changed from Visborgs OK to OK Hällen ahead of 2009-season. Bronze medalist on the Middle distance at World Games 2009 her major break-thru. |
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Helena Jansson
| Club | IF Hagen (SWE) |
| Born date | 28.08.1985 |
| Born place | Skövde (SWE) |
| Info/Biography | Junior-star with six medals from 4 JWOC-years. Missed out on the individual medals in her last year as a junior, but took the step to senior class in impressive fashion being 8th and 11th at EOC 2006. Impressive orienteering technique, constantly improving her running with a tough training regime made by her coach Harri Viinimäki. Two gold medals at NOC 2007, and a relay silver in WOC 2007. Some injuryproblems in early 2008, but her first senior-title (expect NOC) came at EOC 2008 with a relay gold, Jansson running the last leg. The biggest star among the Swedish women, and the only one who has beaten Minna Kauppi in a World Cup race ahead of WOC, taking the NOC-gold on middle distance in Finland. |
Emma Johansson
| Club | Domnarvets GOIF |
| Info/Biography | Only selected for the second team of Domnarvet for Tiomila 2009 (first team ended second), but came back in the team for Venla where she lost a lot of time on the last leg. Normally a strong relay runner, though, and selected for the Swedish WOC-team 2009. |
Martin Johansson
| Club | IFK Mora (SWE) |
| Born date | 26.09.1984 |
| Born place | Avesta |
| Info/Biography | Swedish Sprint champion 2005 in his first senior year, but did not get a place in the WOC-team. One gold and one silver at JWOC 2004 after being out for six months due to overtraining. Very strong skier and runner. Was in the leading group of Vasaloppet for 70kms 2006 and ended in around 50th place. Represented Sweden in U-23 WCH in Cross Country skiing 2007. Has a medal from JWOC-ski-o as well. Collapsed on the long distance in Kiev 2007, but came back to take a sensational bronze medal on the sprint a few days later. Studying about half-time in construction-engineering. Has two sisters and one brother. Had a toe-injury ahead of WOC 2008, but recovered in time to take another bronze medal on the sprint. In 2009 he got his first WC-victory when getting away from the leading group on a short route-choice leg at the WC chasing start in Oslo. |
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Mattias Karlsson
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) |
| Born date | 16.03.1984 |
| Info/Biography | Made his WOC-debut 2007 on the sprint distance, but did not qualify for the final. Winner of Tiomila for Halden in 2006 and 2007. His swedish home club is Emmaboda Verda OK. Reserve for the Swedish WOC-team 2009. |
Jenny Lönnkvist
| Club | Tullinge SK |
| Info/Biography | Junior-star who gets a chance at WOC 2009 on the middle distance, although it meant she missed her brother\'s wedding at the same weekend as the qualification race. |
Mattias Millinger
| Info/Biography | Currently nothing available. |
Kajsa Nilsson
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) |
| Born date | 09.02.1982 |
| Info/Biography | Had a strong season 2006 with two WOC-medals. Then out with some injuryproblems and she missed WOC 2007 and will also miss WOC 2008. Working for her club Halden as a consultant. Also studying to be a teacher. |
Peter Öberg
| Club | OK Hällen (SWE) |
| Born date | 17.04.1980 |
| Info/Biography | Very strong middle distance runner with excellent technique. Running middle at WOC 2008 and should also be a candidate to the relay team, even though his mistake at EOC has probably not strengthened his chances. |
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Jonas Pilblad
| Club | IFK Göteborg |
| Born date | 31.08.1977 |
| Info/Biography | Studying in Göteborg, but stayed for a long time in his home club Ok Skogsfalken. Changed to IFK Göteborg ahead of 2008-season. Won Elitserien overall 2006. A former junior world relay champion from 1997. |
Emil Wingstedt
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) /Leksands OK (SWE) |
| Born date | 09.05.1975 |
| Born place | Växjö (SWE) |
| Info/Biography | Has international medals from all diciplins, winning the last four EOC sprints and the WOC-sprints in 2005 and 2006. Lived in Norway for 10 years, first in Trondheim competing for NTNUI, then for Halden- winning Tiomila 4 times and Jukola one time. Works about 60% as a civil engineer in Halden. Lives together with Anja Mattick, a former member of the german national team. They have three children; Liam, born 2005, Minna, born 2007. A runner for the big occasions! Been strong also in World Cup 2008, and one of the main favorites for WOC 2008 sprint, he was on his way for the bronze medal, but run past a TV-control without punching. So no medal, but a real drama for the viewers and spectators. Will run the long and probablyrelay too. |
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