Jessica Lindell-Vikarby

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Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
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Jessica Lindell-Vikarby in April 2014
Personal information
Born (1984-02-07) 7 February 1984 (age 40)
Huddinge, Sweden
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, super-G,
Downhill, combined
Club Huddinge SK
World Cup debut26 October 2002 (age 18)
Website jessicalindellvikarby
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (2003–15)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2003, 2005–2015)
Wins2 – (1 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums8 – (3 SG, 5 GS)
Overall titles0 – (11th in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in GS, 2014)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Briançonnais Giant slalom

Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (born 7 February 1984) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Born in Huddinge, Stockholm County, she made her World Cup debut in October 2002, and has two World Cup victories [1] and seven podium finishes. Lindell-Vikarby has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships.

On 14 July 2015, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing. [2]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2003 1952–3253259
2004 20out for season
2005 2165–38–24—
2006 2234–3132199
2007 2367–27345242
2008 2432–19155227
2009 2524–3363733
2010 2649–33234122
2011 2748–37174631
2012 2818–1010——
2013 2934–826——
2014 3011–233——

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2008 2 Dec 2007 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 3rd
2009 26 Jan 2009 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G1st
2 Feb 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G3rd
2014 1 Dec 2013 Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom 1st
15 Dec 2013 St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
28 Dec 2013 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
7 Mar 2014 Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd

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References

  1. ↑ "Lindell-Vikarby wins Beaver Creek giant slalom". Yahoo! News. AFP. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Daniel Grefve (14 July 2015). "Jessica Lindell Vikarby lägger av" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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