Björn Ferry
Ferry in 2014.
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| Full name | Björn Ferry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 August 1978 Stensele, Sweden |
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| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | bjornferry.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 6 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 23 March 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 11 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 13 (2001/02–2013/14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All victories | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All podiums | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Björn Ferry (born 1 August 1978 in Stensele, Västerbotten County) is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race until the 2007–2008 season. In 2007, he won gold in the mixed relay event at the Biathlon World Championships. The next year, at his third Winter Olympics appearance, he won the gold medal in the pursuit event. He started the event in 8th place as determined by the previous sprint event, but managed to overtake the race leader on the final lap.
Ferry debuted in the World Cup in Hochfilzen in 2001, and earned his first World Cup points after only skiing three races. He finished his first season ranked 36th in World Cup standings. In World Cup competition, he slowly improved his ranking, and by the 2006–2007 season was ranked in the top ten worldwide. His first Olympic appearance, at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, was disappointing, but four years later at the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy he was a member of a Swedish relay team that placed fourth, just off the medal stand.
Ferry has seen some of his strongest efforts and best finishes in Italy, even beyond the 2006 success. His first two World Cup victories both came in the pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva, in the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons. In 2007, he won a gold medal in the mixed relay in the 2007 World Championships alongside Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, and Carl Johan Bergman. Although his 2009–2010 season was lackluster, and Ferry saw his ranking drop from 9th to 16th place in the World Cup, Ferry was again selected for the Swedish team for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the pursuit event held on February 16, Ferry finished in first place, winning the gold medal after catching and passing the race leader on the final lap of the race. He beat second-place finisher Christoph Sumann of Austria by only 16.5 seconds. The victory marked the first Olympic biathlon gold for a Swedish athlete in a half-century.
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