Emil Jönsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Karl Emil Jönsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Årsunda, Sweden |
15 August 1985 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | IFK Mora SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2004– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emil Jönsson (born 15 August 1985) is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, 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 2010–11.
He won bronze in the sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Jönsson's girlfriend is fellow skier and olympic medalist Anna Haag. They spend their time between Östersund and Davos.