Frida Hansdotter

Frida Hansdotter
Alpine skier
	Frida Hansdotter 2019
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
Club	Norbergs SLK
Born	13 December 1985 (age 37); Västerås, Sweden
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
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
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Sweden
International alpine ski competitions
Olympic Games
World Championships

Last updated March 16, 2023

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.

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

1 title – (1 slalom)

Season
Season	Discipline
2016	Slalom

Season standings

Season
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	—	—	—

Race podiums

4 wins – (4 SL)
35 podiums – (34 SL, 1 PSL)

Season
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	Aspen, USA	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	Flachau, Austria	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
2019	22 December 2018	Courchevel, France	Slalom	3rd

World Championship results

Year
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	—	—	—

Olympic results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2010	24	15	—	—	—	—
2014	28	5	13	—	—	—
2018	32	1	6	—	—	—

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References

↑ Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ Ibraheem Alsalman (6 March 2019). "Hansdotter slutar" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
↑ Jonatan Andersson (6 March 2019). "Frida Hansdotter avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
↑ "IOC Session elects five new Members". olympics.com . 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "Beijing Olympians elect two new members to IOC Athletes' Commission". olympics.com . 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
↑ 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.
↑ "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
↑ Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
↑ 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)

External links

Media related to Frida Hansdotter at Wikimedia Commons

Frida Hansdotter at the International Ski Federation
Frida Hansdotter World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Frida Hansdotter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Frida Hansdotter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Swedish Olympic Comiittee (SOK) – Frida Hansdotter – (in Swedish)
Rossignol.com Archived 15 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Frida Hansdotter – alpine skiing – Sweden
Official website – (in Swedish)
interview with 19 years old Frida Hansdotter at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)

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[1] Bornemann, Jens (16 February 2013). "Vunnet brons för Hansdotter" [Bronze won for Hansdotter]. TV4 (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.

[2] Ibraheem Alsalman (6 March 2019). "Hansdotter slutar" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[3] Jonatan Andersson (6 March 2019). "Frida Hansdotter avslutar karriären" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[4] "IOC Session elects five new Members". olympics.com . 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[5] "Beijing Olympians elect two new members to IOC Athletes' Commission". olympics.com . 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[6] "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[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] "Hansdotter i tårar efter säkrad slalomcup" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[9] Gustav Orbring (18 February 2017). "Medalj för Frida Hansdotter" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[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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