Jens Byggmark

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Jens Byggmark
Jens Byggmark Schladming 2008.jpg
Byggmark in 2008
Personal information
Born (1985-08-22) 22 August 1985 (age 39)
Örebro, Sweden
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
Club Tärna IK Fjällvinden
World Cup debut23 January 2005
(age 19)
Website www.jensbyggmark.se
Olympics
Teams1 – (2010)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (200715)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons9 – (20072013, 20152016)
Wins2 – (2 SL)
Podiums8 – (8 SL)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2007)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in SL: 2007)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Åre Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Schladming Team event

Jens Byggmark (born 22 August 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer [1] who specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

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Byggmark was born in Örebro but was raised in Tärnaby. He raced for Tärna IK Fjällvinden, the world's most successful ski club. He made his debut in the European Cup in 2005.

Byggmark has Sámi roots on his mother's side. [2] He has two children, a daughter and a son, together with his wife, Michaela Delér.

World Cup

Byggmark made his World Cup debut in 2005, and has won two slalom events, both during the 2007 season, on successive days at Kitzbühel, Austria. Two days later, he placed second in the slalom at Schladming, Austria.

After having struggled for some years with poor results and bad starting positions, Byggmark made a strong comeback during the 2011 season and for two seasons he had a place in the first start group. In September 2013, he suffered a knee injury and missed the 2014 season, including the Olympic Games.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 211534933
2008 2230104528
2009 23943541
2010 2410236
2011 254616
2012 26369
2013 27258
2014 28
2015 295919
2016 307325
2017 3112646
Source: [3]

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2007 27 Jan 2007 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
28 Jan 2007Slalom1st
30 Jan 2007 Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
2008 9 Dec 2007 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaSlalom2nd
12 Jan 2008 Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
20 Jan 2008Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom2nd
2013 11 Nov 2012 Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd
2015 22 Dec 2014 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 21 DNF1 DNF1 DNF2
2009 23 DSQ2 DNF1
2011 25 2
2013 27 8
2015 29 DNF2

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 24 22
2014 28

References

  1. "Jens Byggmark - Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. Labba, Nils Gustav (2007). "VM med samer i centrum" (in Swedish). Samiskt informationscentrum  [ sv ]. Retrieved 30 October 2020. Byggmark har samiska rötter på sin mors sida
  3. "BYGGMARK Jens - Athlete Information".