Carl Swenson | |
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Born | Corvallis, Oregon, United States | April 20, 1970
Ski club | The Factory Team |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 11 – (1994–1997, 2000–2006) |
Indiv. starts | 55 |
Indiv. podiums | 0 |
Team starts | 11 |
Team podiums | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 – (64th in 2004) |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Updated on November 19, 2021. |
Carl Swenson (born April 20, 1970) is a retired American cross-country skier, mountain biker, and road cyclist. [1] [2] He competed as a skier at three Winter Olympics. [3] [4]
Swenson competed at the 1994, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics as a cross-country skier. [2] He was a six-time national champion, [5] competing in multiple Nordic events. [6] [7]
Swenson also competed in mountain biking during the skiing off-season, [8] winning a silver medal in the mountain bike race at the 1999 Pan American Games. [2] Three years later, he became the American national mountain bike champion. [2] He retired from skiing after the 2006 Winter Olympics. [9] As a mountain biker, Swenson also competed in endurance events 18-hour and 24-hour races. [10]
Swenson studied at Dartmouth College. [2] He later attended the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah becoming a criminal lawyer. [2] Between 2004 and 2006, Swenson was on the board of the International Ski Federation. [2] The following year, he was on the board of directors of the United States Anti-Doping Agency. [2]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [11]
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay | Team sprint |
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1994 | 23 | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — |
2002 | 31 | — | — | — | 56 | — | 29 | 5 | — |
2006 | 35 | — | — | 39 | — | DNF | — | 12 | — |
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay | Team sprint |
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1995 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — |
1997 | 26 | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | 15 | — |
2001 | 30 | — | — | 75 | — | 21 | 24 | 13 | — |
2003 | 32 | — | — | 11 | — | 5 | 38 | 12 | — |
2005 | 34 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
Season | Age | |||||
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Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | ||
1994 | 23 | NC | — | — | — | — |
1995 | 24 | NC | — | — | — | — |
1996 | 25 | NC | — | — | — | — |
1997 | 26 | NC | — | NC | — | — |
2000 | 29 | NC | — | — | — | NC |
2001 | 30 | 98 | — | — | — | 56 |
2002 | 31 | 66 | — | — | — | NC |
2003 | 32 | 134 | — | — | — | — |
2004 | 33 | 64 | 41 | — | — | NC |
2005 | 34 | 149 | 93 | — | — | — |
2006 | 35 | 78 | 53 | — | — | — |