Mathias Fredriksson

Medal record
Mathias Fredriksson competing in Tour de Ski 2008.
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze	2006 Turin	4 x 10 km
World Championships
Silver	2001 Lahti	15 km
Silver	2001 Lahti	4 x 10 km
Bronze	2003 Val di Fiemme	4 x 10 km
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	4 x 10 km

Mathias Fredriksson (born February 11, 1973 in Uddevalla, Västra Götaland County) is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Fredriksson's best Olympic finish was at these same Olympics with a 10th in the 50 km event.

Fredriksson has won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; two silvers (15 km and 4 x 10 km: both 2001) and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 2003, 2007). He has 34 victories on the national, FIS, and World Cup levels at various distances since 1993. He won the World Cup in the 2002/2003 season.

Fredriksson has a brother, Thobias Fredriksson, at the same professional level. He is married to Emma Helena Nilsson.

In October 2008 he was sentenced to sixteen days in prison for breaking the speed limit at Dovrefjell in June the same year.^[1]

References

• Mathias Fredriksson at the International Ski Federation

1. ^ Kilnes, Camilla (25 October 2008). "Må i fengsel" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. http://www.adressa.no/sport/article1177807.ece. Retrieved 25 October 2008. 

External links

• Interview with Mathias Fredriksson in The Ski Journal

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Name	Frederiksson, Mathias
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Date of birth	February 11, 1973
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