Torgny Mogren

Full name

Nils Arne Torgny Mogren

Born

26 July 1963
Hällefors, Sweden

Ski club

Åsarna IK

World Cup career

Seasons

1983-1998

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Overall titles

1 (1986-87)

Medal record

Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
	1988 Calgary	4 x 10 km
World Championships
	1987 Oberstdorf	4 x 10 km
	1989 Lahti	4 x 10 km
	1991 Val di Fiemme	50 km
	1993 Falun	50 km
	1989 Lahti	15 km freestyle
	1989 Lahti	50 km
	1991 Val di Fiemme	4 x 10 km
	1987 Oberstdorf	50 km
	1991 Val di Fiemme	10 km

Torgny Mogren (born 26 July 1963) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1998. He won the gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. His best individual finish was a 5th in the combined pursuit at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

Mogren's biggest successes occurred at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where he earned nine medals. This included four golds (4 x 10 km: 1987, 1989; 50 km: 1991, 1993), three silvers (15 km, 30 km: both 1989; 4 x 10 km: 1991), and two bronzes (50 km: 1987, 10 km: 1991). He won the overall World Cup in 1986/87, and ended five times in the top three overall.

He competed for the club Åsarna IK throughout his career.

Mogren received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1993.

He retired from cross-country skiing following the 1997-1998 season^[1] and continued to be involved in the sports as an expert commentator on Swedish Radio.

References

Torgny Mogren at the International Ski Federation

↑ Petra Thorén (14 January 1998). "-Här är guldklimp redan på gång" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet sport. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

1936: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1948: Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE)
1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
1956: Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
1968: Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1994: Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2006: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
2010: Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)

World champions in men's 50 km cross-country skiing

1925: František Donth (TCH)
1926: Matti Raivio (FIN)
1927: John Lindgren (SWE)
1929: Anselm Knuuttila (FIN)
1930: Sven Utterström (SWE)
1931: Ole Stenen (NOR)
1933: Veli Saarinen (FIN)
1934: Elis Wiklund (SWE)
1935: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE)
1937: Pekka Niemi (FIN)
1938: Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1939: Lars Bergendahl (NOR)
1950: Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)
1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
1958: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
1962: Sixten Jernberg (SWE)
1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR)
1970: Kalevi Oikarainen (FIN)
1974: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR)
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE)
1982: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1985: Gunde Svan (SWE)
1987: Maurilio De Zolt (ITA)
1989: Gunde Svan (SWE)
1991: Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1993: Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1995: Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1997: Mika Myllylä (FIN)
1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN)
2001: Johann Mühlegg (ESP)
2003: Martin Koukal (CZE)
2005: Frode Estil (NOR)
2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
2009: Petter Northug (NOR)
2011: Petter Northug (NOR)
2013: Johan Olsson (SWE)
2015: Petter Northug (NOR)

World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross-country relay

1933: Sweden
- Per-Erik Hedlund
- Sven Utterström
- Nils-Joel Englund
- Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Finland
- Sulo Nurmela
- Klaes Karppinen
- Martti Lappalainen
- Veli Saarinen
1935: Finland
- Mikko Husu
- Klaes Karppinen
- Väinö Liikkanen
- Sulo Nurmela
1937: Norway
- Annar Ryen
- Oskar Fredriksen
- Sigurd Røen
- Lars Bergendahl
1938: Finland
- Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala
- Martti Lauronen
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Klaes Karppinen
1939: Finland
- Pauli Pitkänen
- Olavi Alakulppi
- Eino Olkinuora
- Klaes Karppinen
1950: Sweden
- Nils Täpp
- Karl-Erik Åström
- Martin Lundström
- Enar Josefsson
1954: Finland
- August Kiuru
- Tapio Mäkelä
- Arvo Viitanen
- Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sweden
- Sixten Jernberg
- Lennart Larsson
- Sture Grahn
- Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Sweden
- Lars Olsson
- Sture Grahn
- Sixten Jernberg
- Assar Rönnlund
1966: Norway:
- Odd Martinsen
- Harald Grønningen
- Ole Ellefsæter
- Gjermund Eggen
1970: Soviet Union:
- Vladimir Voronkov
- Valery Tarakanov
- Fyodor Simashev
- Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: East Germany
- Gerd Hessler
- Dieter Meinel
- Gerhard Grimmer
- Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sweden
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck
- Christer Johansson
- Tommy Limby
- Thomas Magnuson
1982: Norway
- Lars-Erik Eriksen
- Ove Aunli
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Oddvar Brå
and Soviet Union
- Vladimir Nikitin
- Alexander Batyuk
- Yuriy Burlakov
- Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Norway
- Arild Monsen
- Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
- Tor Håkon Holte
- Ove Aunli
1987: Sweden
- Erik Östlund
- Gunde Svan
- Thomas Wassberg
- Torgny Mogren
1989: Sweden
- Christer Majbäck
- Gunde Svan
- Lars Håland
- Torgny Mogren
1991: Norway
- Øyvind Skaanes
- Terje Langli
- Vegard Ulvang
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Vegard Ulvang
- Terje Langli
- Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Norway
- Sture Sivertsen
- Erling Jevne
- Bjørn Dæhlie
- Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Austria
- Markus Gandler
- Alois Stadlober
- Mikhail Botvinov
- Christian Hoffmann
2001: Norway
- Frode Estil
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Thomas Alsgaard
- Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Norway
- Anders Aukland
- Frode Estil
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Thomas Alsgaard
2005: Norway:
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Frode Estil
- Lars Berger
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007: Norway
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Lars Berger
- Petter Northug
2009: Norway:
- Eldar Rønning
- Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
- Tore Ruud Hofstad
- Petter Northug
2011: Norway:
- Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- Eldar Rønning
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Petter Northug
2013: Norway:
- Tord Asle Gjerdalen
- Eldar Rønning
- Sjur Røthe
- Petter Northug
2015: Norway:
- Niklas Dyrhaug
- Didrik Tønseth
- Anders Gløersen
- Petter Northug

Preceded by Jan-Ove Waldner	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1993	Succeeded by Swedish national football team

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