Marie-Helene Östlund

Full name

Born

14 May 1966
Sollefteå, Sweden

Ski club

Sollefteå SK

World Cup career

Seasons

1986-1995

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Marie-Helene Östlund, née Westin (born 14 May 1966), is a retired Swedish cross-country skier. Östlund won a world championship title on the 20 km in Oberstdorf, West Germany, in 1987. For the feat, she was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with the Swedish ice hockey team. She is married to fellow Swedish cross-country skier Erik Östlund.

In 1994 and 1995, she won Tjejvasan.^[1]

References

World champions in women's 20 km and 30 km cross-country skiing

20 km	1978: Zinaida Amosova (URS) 1980: Veronika Hesse (GDR) 1982: Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) 1987: Marie-Helene Westin (SWE)

30 km	1989: Yelena Välbe (URS) 1991: Lyubov Yegorova (URS) 1993: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 1995: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1997: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1999: Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 2001: cancelled 2003: Olga Zavyalova (URS) 2005: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2007: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2011: Therese Johaug (NOR) 2013: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2015: Therese Johaug (NOR)

Preceded by Tomas Johansson	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Swedish national men's ice hockey team 1987	Succeeded by Tomas Gustafson

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