Per Elofsson

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit
World Championships
Gold 2001 Lahti 15 km
Gold 2001 Lahti 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 10 km + 10 km double pursuit
Silver 2001 Lahti 4 x 10 km
Bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 10 km

Per Elofsson (born April 2, 1977) is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Elofsson also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (2001: 15 km, 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit; 2003: 10 km + 10 km double pursuit), one silver (2001: 4 x 10 km relay), and one bronze (2003: 4 x 10 km relay).

He also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2001. This success along with his two golds earned at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti would give Elofsson the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

In 2005 Per made an unexpected appearance on the album Grand Illusion by the Heavy Metal band Nocturnal Rites, playing guitar on one song.

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Awards
Preceded by
Lars Frölander
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
2001
Succeeded by
Susanne Ljungskog