Teodor Anders Peterson (born 1 May 1988 in Umeå) is a Swedish former cross-country skier that had sprint as his best discipline.
Career He debuted in the World Cup on 7 March 2009 in Lahti in the 2008–09 season.
Peterson made his breakthrough in the 2011–12 season. He won the first sprint race of the season, on 25 November 2011 in Ruka, Finland. The weekend after, in Düsseldorf, he won the team sprint together with Jesper Modin, representing Sweden.
Peterson won his first individual World Cup victory on 2 February 2012 in Moscow.
Peterson also won the overall sprint world cup 2011/2012.
Peterson competed for Sweden in 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He finished in 11th place in the individual sprint and 15th place in the team sprint together with Marcus Hellner. Peterson also competed for Sweden in the World Championships in Oslo 2011 there, he went out in the quarterfinals and finished in 16th place.
He won silver in the sprint and a bronze in the sprint relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 21 — — — 11 — 15 2014 25 — — — Silver — Bronze 2018 29 — — — 9 — —
World Championships Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2011 22 — — — 16 — — 2013 24 — — — 15 — — 2015 26 — — — 7 — 9 2017 28 — — — 24 — 8 2019 30 — — — 46 — —
Season titles 1 title – (1 sprint) SeasonDiscipline2012 Sprint
Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 2009 21 98 53 — 58 2010 22 36 12 43 2011 23 82 — 42 — — — 2012 24 12 50 41 2013 25 31 4 66 — 2014 26 19 4 81 — 33 2015 27 109 55 72 — 2016 28 36 12 47 44 2017 29 28 92 12 24 — 31 2018 30 44 15 54 — 52 2019 31 47 87 24 27 2020 32 38 12 —
Individual podiums 4 victories – (2 , 2 ) 12 podiums – (6 , 6 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2011–12 25 November 2011 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st2 11 December 2011 Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd3 14 January 2012 Milan, Italy 1.4 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd4 2 February 2012 Moscow, Russia 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st5 4 March 2012 Lahti, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd6 14 March 2012 Stockholm, Sweden 1.0 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 2nd7 2012–13 8 December 2012 Quebec City, Canada 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd8 12 January 2013 Liberec, Czech Republic 1.6 km Sprint C World Cup 1st9 2013–14 29 November 2013 Rukatunturi, Finland 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 3rd10 14 March 2014 Falun, Sweden 1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st11 2016–17 2 December 2016 Lillehammer, Norway 1.6 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 3rd12 2017–18 20 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia 1.6 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 4 podiums – (4 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate1 2011–12 4 December 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 1.7 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Modin2 15 January 2012 Milan, Italy 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Halfvarsson3 2012–13 3 February 2013 Sochi, Russia 6 × 1.8 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Jönsson4 2017–18 14 January 2018 Dresden, Germany 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Jönsson
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