Mathias Fredriksson

Mathias Fredriksson
Mathias Fredriksson during the Tour de Ski in January 2010
Country Sweden
Full nameJohan Fredrik Mathias Fredriksson
Born (1973-02-11) 11 February 1973
Uddevalla, Sweden
Ski clubAXA Sports Club
World Cup career
Seasons17 – (19942011)
Indiv. starts210
Indiv. podiums15
Indiv. wins9
Team starts41
Team podiums19
Team wins5
Overall titles1 – (2003)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Sweden
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 2 2
Total 0 2 3
Olympic Games
2006 Turin4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
2001 Lahti15 km classical
2001 Lahti4 × 10 km relay
2003 Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay
2007 Sapporo4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
1992 Vuokatti10 km classical
1992 Vuokatti30 km freestyle
1992 Vuokatti4 × 10 km relay
1993 Harrachov10 km classical
1993 Harrachov4 × 10 km relay
1993 Harrachov30 km freestyle

Mathias Fredriksson (born 11 February 1973 in Uddevalla, Västra Götaland County) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Fredriksson's best Olympic finish was at these same Olympics with a tenth in the 50 km event.

Fredriksson has won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; two silvers (15 km and 4 × 10 km: both 2001) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km relay: 2003, 2007). He has 34 victories on the national, FIS, and World Cup levels at various distances since 1993. He won the World Cup in the 2002–03 season.

Fredriksson has a brother, Thobias Fredriksson, at the same professional level. He is married to Emma Helena Nilsson.

In October 2008 he was sentenced to sixteen days in prison for breaking the speed limit at Dovrefjell in June the same year. Fredriksson retired at the end of the 2012 season. His last competition was the Åre Cross Country Open on 14 April 2012.

In November 2013 he joined Sveriges Television as an expert commentator and studio analyst, covering the FIS Cross-Country World Cup and World Championships.