| Anna Holmlund | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Anna Holmlund in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1987 Selånger, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Sundsvalls SLK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8 – (2009–2011, 2013–2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 2015, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 3 – Ski cross (2011, 2015, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Ida Holmlund (born 3 October 1987) [1] is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.
Holmlund won 19 World Cup races and three ski cross World Cups up to 2016. [2] She came sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. [3]
During a practice run on 19 December 2016 in Innichen, Holmlund crashed and suffered head injuries with brain hemorrhages and facial fractures, including a diffuse axonal injury. [4] [5] Doctors put her in a medically induced coma in a hospital in Bolzano [6] and a week later she was flown back to Sweden. [7] In May 2017, the Swedish Ski Association announced that Holmlund had regained consciousness and had communicated with and recognised friends and family. [8] In July 2017, she left the Danderyd hospital, where she had been treated, and returned to her hometown of Sundsvall. [9]
In December 2017, Holmlund took her first steps since the accident. [10] She made a return to the ski slopes in February 2018, when she took to the snow in a sit-ski for the first time. [11] In April 2018, she made a return to competition by racing in a biski with the assistance of her brother Kalle: they won the women's class in a downhill race in Åre. [12]
In early November 2018, Holmlund was announced as an ambassador for Stockholm's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. [13]
| Season | Date | Location | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | 21 December 2009 |  Innichen, Italy | 1st |
| 22 December 2009 | Innichen, Italy | 1st | |
| 14 March 2010 |  Grindelwald, Switzerland | 1st | |
| 19 March 2010 |  Sierra Nevada, Spain | 1st | |
| 2010–2011 | 18 December 2010 | Innichen, Italy | 1st |
| 16 January 2011 |  Les Contamines, France | 3rd | |
| 29 January 2011 |  Grasgehren, Germany | 1st | |
| 6 March 2011 | Meiringen, Switzerland | 1st | |
| 13 March 2011 | Branäs, Sweden | 1st | |
| 19 March 2011 |  Voss, Norway | 1st | |
| 2012–2013 | 8 December 2012 |  Nakiska, Canada | 3rd |
| 13 December 2012 |  Telluride, United States | 3rd | |
| 12 January 2013 | Les Contamines, France | 2nd | |
| 2013–2014 | 21 December 2013 | Innichen, Italy | 3rd |
| 2014–2015 | 10 January 2015 | Val Thorens, France | 2nd |
| 6 February 2015 | Arosa, Switzerland | 2nd | |
| 7 February 2015 | Arosa, Switzerland | 2nd | |
| 15 February 2015 | Åre, Sweden | 1st | |
| 21 February 2015 | Tegernsee, Germany | 3rd | |
| 22 February 2015 | Tegernsee, Germany | 1st | |
| 13 March 2015 | Megeve, France | 1st | |
| 14 March 2015 | Megeve, France | 1st | |
| 2015–2016 | 5 December 2015 |  Montafon, Austria | 2nd |
| 11 December 2015 | Val Thorens, France | 1st | |
| 12 December 2015 | Val Thorens, France | 1st | |
| 19 December 2015 | Innichen, Italy | 2nd | |
| 16 January 2016 | Watles, Italy | 1st | |
| 17 January 2016 | Watles, Italy | 2nd | |
| 23 January 2016 | Nakiska, Alberta, Canada | 2nd | |
| 13 February 2016 | Idre Fjäll, Sweden | 1st | |
| 28 February 2016 |  Bokwang/Pyeongchang, South Korea | 3rd | |
| 4 March 2016 | Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland | 1st | |
| 2016–2017 | 10 December 2016 | Val Thorens, France | 1st |
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