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Born | Västerås, Sweden | 13 December 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Norbergs SLK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 23 October 2004 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 17 March 2019 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | fridahansdotter.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (2010, 2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 7 – (2007–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 15 – (2005–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 – (4 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 35 – (34 SL, 1 PSL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (SL, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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]
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]
Season | |
Discipline | |
2016 | Slalom |
Season | |||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2007 | 21 | 89 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
2008 | 22 | 53 | 19 | 45 | — | — | — |
2009 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 44 | — | — | 27 |
2010 | 24 | 62 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
2011 | 25 | 46 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
2012 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 45 | — | — | — |
2013 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — |
2014 | 28 | 10 | 26 | — | — | — | |
2015 | 29 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | |
2016 | 30 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | |
2017 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — |
2018 | 32 | 9 | 17 | — | — | — | |
2019 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — |
Season | ||||
Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
2009 | 7 March 2009 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Slalom | 2nd |
2012 | 11 February 2012 | Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd |
2013 | 20 December 2012 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd |
4 January 2013 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
15 January 2013 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
27 January 2013 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
2014 | 17 December 2013 | Courchevel, France | Slalom | 2nd |
14 January 2014 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
2 February 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 1st | |
15 March 2014 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
2015 | 15 November 2014 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
30 November 2014 | Aspen, USA | Slalom | 2nd | |
13 December 2014 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
13 January 2015 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
21 March 2015 | Méribel, France | Slalom | 2nd | |
2016 | 28 November 2015 | Aspen, USA | Slalom | 3rd |
29 November 2015 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
13 December 2015 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
29 December 2015 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
12 January 2016 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
15 January 2016 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
23 February 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden | Parallel slalom | 2nd | |
19 March 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
2017 | 8 January 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd |
10 January 2017 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
18 March 2017 | Aspen, USA | Slalom | 3rd | |
2018 | 28 December 2017 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
3 January 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 3rd | |
7 January 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
9 January 2018 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
28 January 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
10 March 2018 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Slalom | 3rd | |
17 March 2018 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
2019 | 25 November 2018 | Killington, USA | Slalom | 3rd |
22 December 2018 | Courchevel, France | Slalom | 3rd |
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2007 | 21 | — | — | 30 | — | — |
2009 | 23 | 15 | DNF1 | DNF | — | DNF1 |
2011 | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 27 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — |
2015 | 29 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — |
2017 | 31 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — |
2019 | 33 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — |
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2010 | 24 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
2014 | 28 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — |
2018 | 32 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
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