Filip Gravenfors

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Filip Gravenfors
Filip Gravenfors (cropped).jpg
Gravenfors in 2026
Personal information
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 21)
Sport
CountrySweden
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event
Moguls
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Chiesa in ValmalencoMoguls
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Chiesa in ValmalencoDual moguls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Chiesa in ValmalencoMoguls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Chiesa in ValmalencoDual moguls

Filip Gravenfors (born 2 October 2004) is a Swedish freestyle skier specializing in moguls. He is a two-time Junior World Champion.

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Career

Gravenfors competed at the 2022 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships and won bronze medals in the moguls, and dual moguls events. He again competed at the 2023 Junior World Ski Championships and won gold medals in the moguls, and dual moguls events. [1]

During the 2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, he earned his first career World Cup podium finish on 11 December 2022. He finished the 2023–24 and 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in third place in the overall moguls standings behind Mikaël Kingsbury and Ikuma Horishima. [2]

Gravenfors represented Sweden at the 2025 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships in the moguls and dual moguls events. During the moguls he had the highest score during qualification of 81.33. However, he finished in seventh place during the final with a score of 82.21. [3] During the dual moguls he advanced to the semifinals, however, he crashed on the last hill and injured himself and failed to medal. [4] [5] He was awarded the Swedish Ski Association's Badge of Honor in October 2025. [6]

He was selected to represent Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [7] However, he broke his collarbone while training for the Olympic Games, and was ruled out of competition. [8]

References

  1. Lloyd, Owen (25 March 2023). "Gravenfors and Macuga dominate moguls at FIS Freestyle Junior Ski World Championships". insidethegames.biz . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  2. Smith, Shawn (15 August 2025). "Freestyle skiing at Milan Cortina 2026: What's happened since Beijing in moguls, aerials and ski cross?". nbcolympics.com . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  3. Binner, Andrew (18 March 2025). "Mikael Kingsbury and Perrine Laffont breeze through moguls qualification at 2025 FIS Freestyle World Championships Engadin". olympics.com. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. "Filip Gravenfors Injured in Semifinal Crash, Misses World Championship Medal". Sweden Herald. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  5. "Filip Gravenfors med ny krasch i parallellpuckel – andra kraschen på VM". svt.se (in Swedish). 21 March 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  6. "Agnes Abrahamsson And Filip Gravenfors Receive The Swedish Ski Association's Badge Of Honor". snowindustrynews.com. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  7. "Första svenskarna uttagna till OS i Milano Cortina" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  8. "Swedish freestyle skiers Gravenfors and Olgaard ruled out of Olympic Winter Games by injury". fis-ski.com. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.