Emil Lindgren

Emil Lindgren

Personal information
Full name	Karl Emil Lindgren
Born	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 Falun, Sweden
Height
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team	Rabobank Giant Pro
Discipline	Mountain biking
Role	Rider
Rider type	Cross-country
Professional team(s)
2004–2006	Bianchi-Agos
2007	Gewiss-Bianchi
2008	Full Dynamix IT
2009	De Brink-Ten Tusscher
2010–2012	Rabobank
2013–	Rabobank Giant Pro
Infobox last updated on October 26, 2013

Karl Emil Lindgren (born 4 May 1985 in Falun) is a Swedish professional mountain biker. Riding the sport for more than 15 years, Lindgren has won ten Swedish national championship titles in men's mountain biking (both under the men's junior and elite categories), and later represented his nation Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2009, Lindgren reached the summit of his mountain biking career by grabbing a first-place trophy and a yellow jersey at the Afxentia Stage Race, also known as the Sunshine Cup, in Cyprus. Lindgren currently trains and races professionally for the 2013 season on the Giant Pro XC Team, although he has appeared short stints on Bianchi, Full-Dynamix, De Brink-Ten Tusscher, and Rabobank cycling teams.

Lindgren qualified for the Swedish squad, along with his teammate and two-time Olympian Fredrik Kessiakoff, in the men's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the Swedish Cycling Federation (Swedish: Svenska Cykelförbundet, SCF) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his best performance at the World Cup series, World and European Championships, and Mountain Biking World Series. Lindgren could not upgrade a much stellar ride to complete a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course, as he decided to end his course with only two laps left and a thirty-eighth-place finish because of bike problems.

Career achievements

2004

1st Swedish MTB Championships (Cross-country, ITT), Sweden

2007

3rd Swedish MTB Championships (Cross-country & team relay), Huskvarna (SWE)

2008

1st Swedish MTB Championships (Team relay), Norberg (SWE)

2nd Swedish MTB Championships (Cross-country), Norberg (SWE)

2nd Swedish MTB Championships (Cyclo-cross), Gothenburg (SWE)

3rd Swedish MTB Championships (Cross-country, ITT), Norberg (SWE)

3rd Stage 1, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus

European Championships (Team relay), Sankt Wendel (GER)

38th Olympic Games (Cross-country), Beijing (CHN)

2009

1st Overall, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus

1st Stages 1, 2, & 3

3rd Swedish MTB Championships (Cyclo-cross), Borås (SWE)

2010

1st Swedish MTB Championships (Cyclo-cross), Sweden

19th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Mont Sainte-Anne (CAN)

2011

1st Swedish MTB Championships (Cross-country, ITT, & Team relay), Borås (SWE)

18th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Champéry (SUI)

2012

1st Points classification, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus

2nd Overall, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus

2013

2nd Langkawi International MTB Challenge, Langkawi (MAS)

External links

• Official website
• Swedish Olympic Team Profile (SOK) (Swedish)
• NBC Olympics Profile
• Emil Lindgren at Cycling Archives
• Emil Lindgren on Twitter