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Frida Hansdotter

Frida Hansdotter

Swedish alpine skier

Frida Marie Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. She competed in the technical events and specialised in slalom. Hansdotter's father Hans Johansson was also an alpine racer,[1] and she is a second cousin of Prince Daniel.

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On 6 March 2019, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.[2][3] In February 2022 she was elected to serve eight-year terms as a member of both the International Olympic Committee and the IOC Athletes' Commission.[4][5]

Career

Born in Västerås, Hansdotter represented Sweden at three Winter Olympics,[6] and at seven World Championships. She gained her first World Cup victory at Kranjska Gora in 2014, which followed eight runner-up finishes, the most in World Cup history without a win.[7] She was runner-up in the slalom season standings in 2014 and 2015, and won the title in 2016.[8]

Hansdotter has won three medals in the slalom at the World Championships: silver in 2015 and bronze in 2013 and 2017.[9]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won the women's slalom.[10]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2016Slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
2007218930————
200822531945———
20092328944——27
2010246218————
2011254614————
20122625945———
20132710412———
201428102nd place, silver medalist(s)26———
20152962nd place, silver medalist(s)14———
20163051st place, gold medalist(s)8———
20173113432———
20183293rd place, bronze medalist(s)17———
2019338511———
Hansdotter, January 2018

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (4 SL)
  • 35 podiums – (34 SL, 1 PSL)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
20097 March 2009Germany Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom2nd
201211 February 2012Andorra Soldeu, AndorraSlalom2nd
201320 December 2012Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
4 January 2013Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
15 January 2013Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
27 January 2013Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaSlalom2nd
201417 December 2013France Courchevel, FranceSlalom2nd
14 January 2014Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
2 February 2014Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
15 March 2014 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland  Slalom2nd
201515 November 2014Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom2nd
30 November 2014United States Aspen, USASlalom2nd
13 December 2014Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom3rd
13 January 2015Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
21 March 2015France Méribel, FranceSlalom2nd
201628 November 2015United States Aspen, USASlalom3rd
29 November 2015Slalom2nd
13 December 2015Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
29 December 2015Austria Lienz, AustriaSlalom1st
12 January 2016Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
15 January 2016Slalom2nd
23 February 2016Sweden Stockholm, SwedenParallel slalom2nd
19 March 2016 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
20178 January 2017Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaSlalom3rd
10 January 2017Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
18 March 2017United States Aspen, USASlalom3rd
201828 December 2017Austria Lienz, AustriaSlalom3rd
3 January 2018Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom3rd
7 January 2018Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom2nd
9 January 2018Austria Flachau, AustriaSlalom3rd
28 January 2018 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
10 March 2018Germany Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom3rd
17 March 2018Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom3rd
201925 November 2018United States Killington, USASlalom3rd
22 December 2018France Courchevel, FranceSlalom3rd
Frida Hansdotter in Hammarbybacken, January 2018

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
200721——30——
20092315DNF1DNF—DNF1
2011258————
20132735———
201529212———
201731316———
201933511———

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
20102415————
201428513———
20183216———

References

  1. [1]
    Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    Ibraheem Alsalman (6 March 2019). "Hansdotter slutar" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Jonatan Andersson (6 March 2019). "Frida Hansdotter avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. [4]
    "IOC Session elects five new Members". olympics.com. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Beijing Olympians elect two new members to IOC Athletes' Commission". olympics.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  7. [7]
    Valle, Max (2 February 2014). "The eternal second there s made it: Frida Hansdotter wins slalom in Kranjska Gora! Eighth Chiara Costazza". snowalps.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. [9]
    Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. [10]
    Petter Landén, Anna Friberg, Nicolinn Nilsson (16 February 2018). "Frida Hansdotter vinner OS-guld i slalom efter rysare" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 16 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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