Kristin Lysdahl

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Kristin Lysdahl
Kristin Lysdahl in Soldeu 2024 GS 1st run (10).jpg
Lysdahl in 2024
Personal information
Born (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 27)
Bærum, Norway
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, slalom, combined, downhill, Super G
Club Asker SK
World Cup debut27 December 2016 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (20172023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons6 – (20172022)
Wins0
Podiums1 – (1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2019)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in SL, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Méribel Team event

Kristin Lysdahl (born 29 June 1996) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines, but focuses on the technical events of Giant slalom and Slalom. She has competed in three World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics. [1]

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Personal life

Lysdahl was born in Bærum on 29 June 1996. [2]

Career

Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Lysdahl won a bronze medal in the mixed team competition, [2] along with Nina Haver-Løseth, Maren Skjøld, Sebastian Foss Solevåg, Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen and Jonathan Nordbotten. [3] She placed 18th in giant slalom and 25th in slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2]

Lysdahl became national champion in super combination (separate downhill and slalom events) in 2017, and in slalom in 2019 (shared with Maren Skjøld). [4]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2017 209837
2018 21605224
2019 22201016
2020 233513407
2021 242374015
2022 2535363
Standings through 12 December 2021

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2022 13 Nov 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2017 20 23 27 24 17 5
2019 22 DNF2 20 5
2021 24 7 16 1

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2018 21 25 18 3

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References

  1. "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kristin Lysdahl". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. "Team, Mixed". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "alpint – norgesmestere". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2023.